Author: MJ Kneiser

North Georgia Technical College is hosting their annual poinsettia sale for the holidays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dec. 7-10, at the Clarkesville Campus greenhouse location. Varieties of poinsettias on sale include prestige red, polar bear white and ice punch bowl. Each poinsettia is $8, and only cash or checks are accepted as payments. The North Georgia Tech Greenhouse is located at […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio Toccoa Stephens County is planning to upgrade its wireless Internet service for its government building and historic courthouse. Last Tuesday, Stephens County Commissioners approved a budget amendment to pay added costs associated with upgrading the Public Wi-Fi connection for both the Stephens County Government Building and the historic Stephens County Courthouse. Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior […]

Testimony is underway in the Brent Shubert murder trial. Shubert is charged with beating and strangling his fiance’, Bonnie Anne Cooner at their home in Canon on January 28, 2013. Shubert escaped a death penalty trial and a jury trial by agreeing to a Bench Trial that is being heard by Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Malcom. During opening arguments, Northern […]

As the murder trial in Superior Court in Carnesville continues, Franklin County’s Board of Commissioners is researching whether to agree to a plan to expand State Court into Franklin County. At their work session last week, the board heard from District Attorney Parks White. In an attempt to head off the question of cost to the county to eliminate traffic […]

Georgia’s unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region in October was 4.9 percent, unchanged from September. The rate in October 2014 was 5.8 percent. While the rate was unchanged, the number of employed resident increased by 1,221 to 291,680 from 290,459 in September. Also, the number of initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased by 259, or 15.5 percent, to 1,414 […]