Author: MJ Kneiser

Governor Brian P. Kemp has announced a new program aimed at ensuring students negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic have the opportunity to pursue successful careers while receiving a high-quality education. Through the Governors Emergency Education Relief Program, more than $800,000 will be awarded for a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Pilot Program. The CNA Pilot Program will be allocated $843,000 […]

Lake Hartwell plays host to a lot of different fishing events every year, but this month an event is coming up for special kids with special needs. It’s called C.A.S.T. for Kids and it takes place Saturday, August 27 at the Gum Branch Mega Ramp in Hartwell from 8:30a to 1p. Joe Richardson is the Event Coordinator. He said it’s […]

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa A Toccoa man is hospitalized after his work truck was struck by a Georgia State Patrol trooper. It happened last Thursday around 4p. According to the Georgia State Patrol Post 7, the trooper was heading westbound on GA 17 approaching GA 106. The patrol vehicle then entered the intersection on a red signal, striking […]

Georgia gas prices continue to decline at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.63 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight). Monday’s state average is 14 cents less than a week ago, 63 cents less than last month, and 66 cents more than this time last year. […]

The first and, so far the only, company in the Central Franklin Industrial Park in Carnesville is moving out. Galko LLC moved into the park in 2018 but after four years, owner Pedro Galvan said he is shifting his operation back to his main manufacturing plant in Mexico. The pandemic in 2020 followed by the worst inflation in over 40 […]