Author: MJ Kneiser

It is that time of year when black bears are on the prowl, foraging for food and Georgia Department of Natural Resources officials are reminding people to make sure you don’t leave food out where a bear can find it. DNR Law enforcement officer Craig Fulghum said it’s not unusual to see bears this time of year in our area. […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Stephens County Development Authority is moving to bring its waste water lift station at the Hayestone-Brady Business Park fully online in time for NIFCO KTW to move in. Recently, the Development Authority Board voted unanimously to purchase a lift station pump at a cost of just over $104-thousand dollars. Stephens County Development Authority […]

South Carolina authorities are asking for the public’s help in connection with the death of a Lavonia man on I-85 Saturday. According to Oconee County Coroner Carl Addis, 25-year old David Michael Rogers’ body was found in the northbound lane of I-85 near the South Carolina Welcome Center about 10a Saturday morning. “His body was discovered by an Oconee County […]

No charges will be filed against the driver who hit a little girl Wednesday evening in Franklin County. It happened just after 6:30p on the 77 Extension/Lavonia Highway, just outside of Lavonia, according to Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post Assistant Commander Matt Baxley. Baxley said the child, a two-year old little girl, ran down the driveway of the home and […]

The Avian flu virus that wiped out millions of chickens and turkeys in the upper Midwest this past spring has come to Georgia. State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Cobb said this week three shipments of live poultry ordered from an infected poultry farm in Iowa, were sent to small farms in Fitzgerald and Meriwether County. Cobb said all of the birds, […]