Author: MJ Kneiser

The Thanksgiving holiday is typically one of the busiest travel periods of the year. And while the Thanksgiving travel period officially begins this Wednesday at 6p, many will be hitting the road early this week to get to a jump start on their holiday. That’s why Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies along with other local and state patrols will be out […]

A Homer man has been indicted by a Banks County grand jury for the murder of his live-in girlfriend last summer. Last week, the Grand Jury said there was enough evidence to move forward with the charges against 49-year old Billy Charles Lewallen in the July murder of 48-year old Sonya Gail Phelps. Phelps died from ligature strangulation and blunt […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County Hospital is borrowing money to help finance two ongoing projects. Monday, the Hospital Authority voted unanimously to borrow $1 million from South State Bank with a 10-year repayment term to finance the ongoing expansion project at the Wilkinson Center and also to borrow up to $400,000 from South State Bank to help […]

It’s been almost three years since the body of a Carnesville business owner was found inside his office and law enforcement continue the hunt for his killer. Keith Ratliff, manager and co-owner of FPS Industries, Global, LLC, was found dead at his business in Carnesville, GA on January 3, 2013. Several state, federal, and local agencies have spent hundreds of […]

Despite the threat of a veto from President Barak Obama, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Thursday to suspend Obama’s program to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S. over the next year. House Resolution 4038, the American Security Against Foreign Enemies or SAFE Act also puts a strict screening process in place for all Syrian refugees seeking to […]