Category: News

By David Stephens, WSGC Radio, Elberton State arson investigators are looking into the cause of a mobile home fire in Elbert County. It happened last Tuesday evening at a home in the Lexington Highway area. Elbert County Fire Chief Rick Mewborne says by the time firefighters arrived, the home was fully engulfed in flames. “It was burning on one end […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Downtown Toccoa plans to add a charging station for electric cars. The city’s Downtown Development Authority recently received a grant from the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority through its “Charge Georgia” program to help pay for the cost of installing the electric car charging station. Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse said the unit will cost […]

The Hart County Board of Elections and Registration will hold its first meeting this afternoon. But the newly formed board is heading into its first year without the County’s first Elections Superintendent. Diane Dobbs submitted her resignation effective today after undergoing six months of training.  Dobbs reportedly told Hart County Administrator Jon Caime she had received a better job opportunity.  […]

The Lavonia City Council will spend its first session of the new year doing some basic housekeeping. On the agenda this evening, one of the first orders of business will be to swear in councilman Harold Harbin as mayor pro-tem for 2015. The council will then hear and approve the list of department heads and staff for 2015 as well […]

It was a busy New Year’s holiday for state and local law enforcement. The Georgia State Patrol reports that during the 102-hour holiday that began last Wednesday at 6p and ended at midnight Sunday, 13 people lost their lives on in traffic accidents on Georgia roadways. Two of those fatalities were in new GSP Hartwell Post district which includes Franklin, […]