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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations that Banks County Assistant District Attorney Sam Skelton may have removed items from the Banks County Sheriff’s office evidence room. According to a report on Mainstreet.com, Piedmont Circuit District Attorney Brad Smith said that Banks County Sheriff Carlton Speed contacted him last month about allegations of the possible mishandling of evidence. […]

A Royston woman is dead after trying to cross the Hudson River over the weekend. It happened late Friday evening, according to Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas. “Rescuers and first responders were dispatched along with the Sandy Cross and Bold Springs fire departments at 11p Friday to a Hudson Terrace Road address in the Royston area to search for a […]

A Toccoa man is free on bond, awaiting sentencing in Franklin County after being convicted last week of child molestation and other crimes. Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Parks White said a jury returned the guilty verdict against  50-year old Bobby Todd Jordan Friday evening in Franklin County Superior Court in Carnesville. Assistant District Attorney Jeffery Fogus argued the case […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The third and final man charged in a 2012 murder in Stephens County enters a guilty plea and avoids the death penalty. On his 28th birthday, Wardell Deloun White of Toccoa pleaded guilty to one count of Felony Murder in the death of 34-year-old Victor Martinez. Martinez, along with 48-year-old Mauricio Maldondo, were found […]

Secretary of State Brian Kemp is reminding Georgians that tomorrow, September 22, 2015, is National Voter Registration Day. National Voter Registration Day is a civic event bringing together thousands of organizations, volunteers, and citizens across the nation to raise awareness of voter registration opportunities and register eligible voters in one coordinated effort. “It is my hope that any eligible Georgia […]