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A Madison County woman avoided a lengthy prison sentence last week after she repaid money she admitted to stealing from a youth organization. 41-year old Sherry Hawkes of Colbert, paid back the $12,000 she stole from the Madison County Youth Association. According to their Web site, the group is a private, non-profit organization run by parents and volunteers that helps […]

Authorities in Anderson will be looking for the cause of the fire that destroyed the J Peters Bar & Grill Sunday. The popular eatery, which also has a location in Lavonia, went up in flames about 8a Sunday morning. It took several hours for firefighters to put out the blaze which, completely gutted the building on Interstate Blvd. Owner Jonathan […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The City of Toccoa continues to make progress on improvements out at the Pines golf course. Last month, city commissioners unanimously approved spending $25,000 to move the large metal maintenance building at the golf course from its current location by the Pro Shop to a new location adjacent to a small maintenance building elsewhere […]

The Franklin County Middle School chapter of the Technology Student Association is the best in the State. Last month, the Chapter again won the Georgia Outstanding Chapter Award at the annual TSA Convention in Athens. It’s the 23rd time in its 28 year history that Franklin County has taken that trophy home. The two-day convention was held at the Classic […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The first public hearing on the proposed closing of Eastanollee Elementary School shows a split in opinions and a lot of questions. Hundreds were at the Tugaloo Center for the Performing Arts at Stephens County High School Monday for the first of two public hearings on the proposed closing of Eastanollee Elementary. Many of […]