Author: MJ Kneiser

The U.S. Supreme Court will likely have to decide where the Georgia – Tennessee line really lies and whether Georgia is entitled to any of the water in the Tennessee River, according to State Senator John Wilkinson (R-Toccoa). Speaking at last week’s Policies and Pastries breakfast in Carnesville,  Wilkinson said a resolution was passed in the Senate during this year’s […]

If SR174 in Franklin County is one of your main routes to and from work, you need to prepared for some delays beginning today. Work to resurface a four and a half mile stretch of SR174 began this morning. Teri Pope with the Georgia Department of Transportation tells WLHR News the resurfacing will stretch from U.S.29/SR8 to SR51 in Franklin […]

Continued budget cuts at the federal level are once again forcing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reduce park operations and visitor services around Hartwell Lake this summer season. According to the Savannah River District office, the Corps will keep closed one primitive campground and partially close six day use areas for the 2013 season in addition to maintaining […]

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and as a result of a statewide investigation, 47 people have been charged with 87 counts of trafficking in child pornography. According to a press release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, State and local investigators continue to pour over evidence gathered in a multi-county sweep to crack down on child pornography statewide. As […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa In Stephens County, a grand jury has indicted three individuals arrested earlier this month in connection with a multi-county child abuse investigation. This week, true bills of indictment were issued against 36-year-old Willie Grady Newkirk III of Toccoa, 38-year-old Casey Jonathan Norris of Toccoa, and 31-year-old Jessica Joy Sparks of Toccoa on multiple charges. […]