Author: MJ Kneiser

Two Franklin County towns were recently named Tree Cities USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. Both the City of Lavonia and the City of Royston received that designation for 2016. According to the Arbor Day Foundation Web site, to qualify as a Tree City USA community, a municipality must meet four standards established by the Arbor Day Foundation and the […]

City of Lavonia City Council members and Mayor Ralph Owens will be moving into the 21st century with some new high-tech equipment. At their meeting last week, City Manager Charles Cawthon put forth the idea of ordering tablets for each city council member and the mayor. Cawthon said it would make life easier for council members and help them to […]

In Rabun County, investigators with the GBI are asking for the public’s help to find and arrest a man suspected of bank robbery. On Monday, a black male entered the Rabun County Bank on Highway 441 in Dillard about 1p and demanded money from a teller. The suspect fled in a late 1990’s model black Ford Explorer. Authorities have released […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Year-end numbers from the Toccoa Police Department show that 2015 was a very busy year for the force. According to figures released Tuesday by the department, Toccoa Police responded to a total of 2,186 incidents in 2015, an increase of more than 300 from 2014, when police responded to 1,857 incidents. Police did clear […]

All North Georgia Technical College evening classes for the Clarkesville, Currahee and Blairsville campuses are cancelled for tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 9. ALL campuses will close at 5 p.m. today. Information regarding operations tomorrow will be posted on our website and Facebook page.