Author: MJ Kneiser

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Local and state agencies are working together to try and increase the number of available foster families in Stephens County. Stephens County Family Connection Coordinator Allyson Warren said that right now, there are 9 active foster homes in Stephens County. Warren said those homes get to a point where they are full and cannot […]

Culminating months of negotiations, due diligence proceedings and state review, St. Mary’s Health Care System announced late Friday that it has acquired Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center effective June 1, 2015. The hospital is now officially St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital. “This is a banner day for Franklin, Hart and Stephens counties, and for all of Northeast Georgia,” said Diane […]

Traffic along SR17/Jones St in Lavonia was tied for a good bit Thursday afternoon after a wreck involving a power pole. It happened about 1:30p Thursday afternoon in front of the Lavonia Housing Authority on Jones St. According to Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle, a truck hit the pole and broke it in half. Traffic was backed up for miles […]

City of Lavonia water customers now have new, high-tech water meters and the city is collecting more revenue as a result. Work to replace the old meters with new digital equipment has been an ongoing project since 2013 and began with the City applying for and receiving $465,000 Georgia Environmental Finance Authority loan/grant package. The new meters means the City […]

Charges have been filed against the driver involved in a wreck earlier this year that killed two Franklin County High School seniors. According to the Georgia State Patrol, 18-year old Samuel Parten of Canon has been charged with two counts of homicide by vehicle in the first degree, reckless driving, failure to maintain lane and driving too fast for conditions. […]