Category: News

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa More fallout from the ongoing financial crisis within the Stephens County school system. Earlier this week, the board voted 6- 1 to both abolish the Crossroads Alternative school program and eliminate all six staff positions. They also cut seven furlough days for all employees – that in addition to cuts made at the beginning […]

By David Stephens, WSGC Radio, Elberton The City of Bowman has once again been approved for a Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant from the Georgia Department of Transportation. This is the third year Bowman has been awarded LMIG funds which are being used as part of a three-year plan to make improvements in the downtown area. Bowman City Mayor Pete […]

Two Franklin County High School seniors were killed this afternoon in a tragic accident near Canon. According to Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post Commander Sgt. Al Whitworth, it happened about 1:45p on Jackson Bridge Road. The vehicle was traveling west on Jackson Bridge Road when the driver hit a curve and lost control,” Whitworth said late Wednesday afternoon. “The vehicle […]

Two local law enforcement agencies are the recipients of a $10,000 equipment grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle said he was contacted last Friday about the award. Carlisle said the grant will come in handy to purchase some new equipment for his department. “We have received this grant several times in the past,” […]

A Hart County native is the new head of the Georgia Department of Transportation. Longtime Georgia Department of Transportation executive Russell McMurry was elected  Tuesday by the 14-member State Transportation Board to be the new commissioner of the Transportation Department, effective immediately.  As such, he will oversee a budget in excess of $2 billion and more than 4,100 employees.  McMurry, […]