Author: MJ Kneiser

The weather should be picture perfect this weekend for a host of holiday activities in Franklin County. Several communities in Franklin County will be celebrating the season with their annual Christmas Parades. Saturday kicks off at 9a with Breakfast with Santa at the Community Center in downtown Carnesville. Tickets are $5.00 and must be purchased in advance at City Hall. […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Downtown Toccoa is gearing up for a busy holiday weekend. It all starts tonight with Main Street Toccoa’s sixth annual Christmas Fest. This year, Christmas Fest comes with something new, an outdoor ice skating rink that will be set up on Sage Street between Tugalo and Doyle streets between 3 and 9 p.m. today. […]

Testimony is expected to resume today in the murder trial of Brent Shubert who is charged with the murder of this live-in girlfriend, Bonnie Ann Cooner, in 2013. During testimony Wednesday, the court heard from two people who were jail inmates with Shubert in the Franklin County Detention Center. Joel Keller is currently serving time in Valdosta State Prison for […]

The manhunt for a suspect charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault in Banks County is over. Banks County Sheriff’s spokesperson Sgt. Carrisa McFaddin said Matthew Theodore Samples was located and arrested in a wooded area on Windmill Farm Road property near Highway 441 on Wednesday. “From the original incident, we were able to locate the victim which then led to […]

They’re searching for a new county attorney, but they’re not. …officially. Franklin County’s Board of Commissioners have decided to form a search committee to review applications for the County Attorney position – but they claim they are not looking for a new county attorney. Current county attorney Bubba Samuels’ contract is up the end of December. All of the Commissioners […]