Category: News

New State School Superintendent Richard Woods is publicly supporting a new State House Bill that would eliminate the high school graduation test requirement for all students past and present. House Bill 91 was submitted Monday by State Representative Brooks Coleman (R-Duluth) of the 97th District. Under the bill, students who failed the graduation test in the past will now be […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa A major water source for the City of Toccoa is filling up with silt and must be dredged soon before other problems arise. That is according to Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse.  Davidson Lake is one of Toccoa’s three sources of water for its citizens. Morse says the lake needs to be dredged soon […]

If you live in Elbert County and need help enrolling for health insurance through the Insurance Marketplace, that help is available today. Open enrollment will end on February 15th. A representative will be at Elbert Memorial Hospital today for anyone who has questions. Whitney Griggs is a Certified Health Insurance Navigator with the Health Mothers and Babies Coalition.  She will […]

It is still snowing in the Gaps of Lumpkin, Towns, Union and White Counties this morning and crews with the Georgia Department of Transportation continue to battle icy road conditions.  GDOT officials are asking people to avoid driving until snow ends and the threat of black ice is over today in the higher elevations of the Mountain Counties. “Crews are […]

A Hartwell man and World War II veteran is being honored today by the French Government for his service in helping liberate France from the Nazis. Arthur B. Mohor, Jr., 91, is among twelve veterans and three Northeast Georgians who will be in Atlanta today to receive the National Order of the Legion of Honor medal. The medal is being […]