Author: MJ Kneiser

And in 2023, Franklin County Schools saw a changing of the guard in their Athletic Department. In January, the Board of Education named former Assistant Principal Clay Moore as the New Athletic Director and Contract Services Director. Moore had been serving as the Acting Athletic Director since Jason Oliver retired in November 2022. Moore said he’s grateful for the new […]

If you got a gift this holiday season that wasn’t quite right, you may be looking to return it. Here’s some advice to help make the process go more smoothly. Check out store policies. Return and exchange policies vary by store, and many stores won’t take returns or exchanges after a certain time — like 30 or 90 days. Policies […]

Troopers with the Georgia State Patrol (GSP) and Motor Carrier Compliance (MCCD) Division will continue their work through the New Year holiday weekend to keep impaired drivers off the road. “The Georgia Department of Public Safety will have an increased focus on patrolling the interstates and highways this holiday season to encourage safe driving behaviors and to reduce crashes. We […]

As we continue our look back on the stories of 2023 in our area, one of the bigger stories was a carryover from the 2022 Franklin County Commission elections. In that election, local farmer Cole Roper won the County Commission seat for District 4 in the May 2022 election but in November 2022 he suddenly resigned before taking the oath […]

By Jessica Waters, WNEG Radio Cardiac care is now closer than ever for patients of Northside Hospital Heart Institute. Cardiac care at Stephens County Hospital is undergoing significant changes under a new partnership with Northside Hospital Heart Institute, which will be providing cardiac care on-site at the Stephen County Hospital Campus in Toccoa. Since the October announcement of the partnership […]