Author: MJ Kneiser

Rain washed out some events in the Northeast Georgia area and put a damper on others. In Franklin County, the Lavonia spring festival struggled along as planned Saturday with few people showing up because of the continued rain fall. However, in Hartwell, plans for the first “First Saturday” free concert at the Hartwell Marina were cancelled due to the showers. […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Still no word on the identities of three people who died Friday night when their car was struck by an Amtrak train in Stephens County. It happened about 9:45p Friday night when the Amtrak Crescent t-boned the vehicle on Grant Smith Road near the Summit subdivision, according to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley. “The […]

It could be some weeks before efforts to work out a policy for how private water wells are adopted and used by Franklin County. At their work session last week, Franklin County Board of Commissioners spent a half hour discussing the existing policy and whether it should be amended. Commissioner Clint Harper has requested a new policy after noting that […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa In Toccoa, agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have been called in to help police investigate the deaths two people found inside a home over the weekend. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said the bodies were found Saturday.   Jarrell is releasing few details about the deaths and would not say if the deaths […]