Author: MJ Kneiser

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is reporting an earthquake that happened early Tuesday morning in Hartwell. The quake measured as a 2.1 tremor around 6:30a Tuesday morning in the Reed Creek area. That was the second quake reported in Georgia in recent days. A 2.5 quake was reported Sunday near Jackson, Georgia, southeast of metro Atlanta. There was no […]

Efforts to recover the body of the pilot who crashed into Lake Hartwell over the weekend have been temporarily suspended by the NTSB. That’s according to Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland. According to the Sheriff, Hart County, and Oconee County, SC have turned the investigation over to the National Transportation Safety Board. Cleveland said Monday, the NTSB is working to […]

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County Sheriff’s Office is working with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in Walhalla to investigate a series of stolen vehicles and burglaries. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, on August 30, investigators with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reached out to the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division and advised that […]

The Royston Public Library is starting a new chess club for kids beginning this weekend. According to Maggie West, Branch Manager for the Franklin County libraries, the idea is the brainchild of a library employee. “Around the summer reading program, Tim Harrison, our program specialist noticed a few kids were hanging around during the program and we had a chess […]

Montez Carter, president and CEO of St. Mary’s Healthcare is leaving to take a new position with Trinity Health of New England. Trinity Healthcare owns St. Mary’s Healthcare and in New England Carter will serve as president and CEO of Trinity Health of New England, effective Oct. 3. Carter was selected after a nationwide search to replace THofNE’s President and […]