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By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa A Stephens County woman faces charges in connection with allegations of child molestation. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said 40-year-old Julia Cecilia Henson of Toccoa was arrested on December 15 and charged with Aggravated Child Molestation and Statutory Rape. Shirley said the charges stem from alleged sexual misconduct in the City of Toccoa with […]

Businesses in the Banks Crossing area are open again, but the investigation continues into a suspicious package that was left behind a fast food restaurant Wednesday. Banks County Sheriff’s spokesperson Sgt. Carrissa McFaddin said Wednesday morning about 11a, authorities received a report of a package behind the Wendy’s on U.S. 441 and Faulkner Rd. According to McFaddin, the package was […]

The City of Royston is looking a ways to beef up their code enforcement on dilapidated and abandoned buildings and other property eye sores. At their City Council meeting Tuesday, Councilman Keith Turman said a better job needs to be done of cleaning up rundown and abandoned properties around town. Turman said those kinds of properties are detractors from luring […]

A clarification and correction to a story we aired earlier this week on the investigation into two stolen vehicles from Tri-County Chevrolet in Royston. At the time, we reported the GBI was assisting in the investigation and evidence in the case had been turned over to them. However, according to Royston Police Chief Donnie Boleman, that is not the case. […]

Congressman Doug Collins, Chair of the Army Corps of Engineers Caucus, is angry with the U.S. Corps of Engineers’ plan to ban property owners around Lake Hartwell and Lake Lanier from using lake water to irrigate their properties. The Corps issued the mandate last week. Corps spokesman Billy Birdwell said the ruling was made to comply with federal guidelines. “We […]