Category: News

The heavy rainfall over the weekend is now behind us, but not without causing some flooding in some parts of the State. While middle and South Georgia saw the most flooding, North and Northeast Georgia also saw significant rainfall. Volunteers with the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network, or COCORAHS monitored the rain over the weekend. In Hart County, […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter continues to deal with financial challenges and they’re asking for more help from the public. Shelter Director Jeff Roberts says the shelter is in the red to the tune of just over $22-thousand dollars.  Projected over a whole year, roberts says that if nothing changes, the deficit could end […]

Georgia motorists seem to be heeding law enforcements’ plea to drive safely over the New Year’s holiday weekend. According to the Georgia State Patrol, only one traffic fatality has been reported in all of Georgia so far during the period which began Wednesday evening at 6p and ends at midnight Sunday. No word on any traffic accidents. That fatality was […]

An autopsy is planned for a Westminster woman who died Thursday night from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The incident is being investigated by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Department and Coroner Office into how the 54-year old woman’s death may have occurred. According to Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis, Oconee 911 received a call at 9:20 pm last […]

We end our week-long look back at the top stories of 2014 with a look at some major projects and issues in Franklin and Hart Counties. For Franklin County, 2014 was a year of intense debate and research on how to fund the expansion of the Franklin County Detention Center. In February last year, Franklin County Commissioners balked at the […]