Author: MJ Kneiser

the Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter is closed for maintenance work. Director Tammi Jourdenais announced Tuesday the shelter will be closed through Thursday and will re-open on Friday. Jourdenais said the closure is so crews can do some routine maintenance work on the kennel area. Jourdenais would not elaborate on the nature of those repairs. Again, the Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter […]

By Jessica Waters, WNEG Radio In Stephens County, voters are deciding on three Toccoa City Commission seats. Incumbent Terry Carter is running unopposed for the Post 1 seat. For the Post 2 seat, incumbent David Austin has chosen not to run for re-election. That seat is being sought by Billy Chism and Ron Matheson. For the Post 4 seat, incumbent Gail […]

For the seventh year in a row, Georgia students beat the national average on the ACT, with the state’s highest scores in reading. Georgia’s class of 2023 recorded an average composite score of 21.3, compared to the national average of 19.5. Additionally, the percentage of Georgia students in the class of 2023 meeting ACT’s College Readiness Benchmarks was higher than […]

North Georgia Credit Union will hold the ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration for the new Clayton office on Tuesday, October 24. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 10:00 a.m. followed by the grand opening celebration from noon to 4:00 p.m. The new office, located at 579 U.S. Highway 441 South, features a full-service lobby equipped with a drive-thru, […]

Hartwell’s Monster Mash is coming up on October 31 at Railroad St. Park in Hartwell. This year’s Monster Mash takes place from 4p to 6p and hundreds of little ghouls and goblins are expected from across the area. Ghost and goblin costumes will paint Hartwell spooky this Halloween as Hartwell Main Street presents the annual Mayor’s Monster Mash coming to […]