Category: News

A two-year, multi-county undercover drug investigation leads to multiple arrests in Northeast Georgia. Late Monday, the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office announced it had arrested suspects in three counties. ARDEO spokesperson Mitchell Posey said Friday, December 18, a four month investigation involving multiple local, state and federal agencies lead to search warrants being issued and arrests involving methamphetamine traffickers in […]

In Madison County, a Jefferson couple face multiple charges after leading authorities on a high-speed chase. According to a report in the Athens-Banner Herald, 45-year old James Daniel Sanders fled from a license checkpoint Sunday at the intersection of Blacks Creek Church and Homestead Roads near Ila in Madison County. Madison County Sheriff’s deputies were working a license checkpoint when […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Stephens County school system is still waiting on its audits for both Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015. Tuesday, Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey updated the Board of Education on the audit process. State auditors originally told the school board the Fiscal Year 2014 audit would be ready in August, then pushed it […]

A sad note for all of you UGA Bulldog fans. UGA has announced that a former University of Georgia mascot Uga 9, also known fondly as “Russ,” passed away in his sleep early Monday morning according to the Seiler family, long time owners of the Georgia line of mascots. ​Russ, born June 20, 2004, officially retired just last month at […]

In Barrow County, investigators with the Federal Aviation Adminsitration will be on the scene today of a small plane crash that killed the pilot. It happened about 2:30p Sunday afternoon according to Lt. Scott Dakin of the Barrow County Fire Service. Dakin told the Atlanta Journal Constitution, when rescuers arrived, they found the single engine plane crashed near hole three […]