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If you’re like a lot of people, you may have waited until the last minute to finish your Christmas or holiday gift shipping. But the Better Business Bureau reports thieves are watching for package deliveries this time of year so they can steal those gifts before they make it into the hands they were intended for. Jennifer Bentley with the […]

Franklin County commissioners will meet this afternoon for their annual year-end work session. The annual session at the end of December is a time for commissioners to go over goals and issues for the new year. On the agenda this year are three important items.  The first includes the jail expansion. Commissioners expect to get an update on where the […]

Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November was 7.2 percent. This is a significant drop from the previously released preliminary rate of 7.7 percent in October, which has been revised to 7.6 percent. The rate in November of last year was also 7.6 percent. “This is the largest monthly rate decrease we have seen in Georgia going all the way […]

In Oconee County, SC an alleged child molester captured last month in Lavonia remains behind bars despite a bond hearing earlier this week. A judge set bond for 65-year old Donnie Lane King at $150-thousand dollars with a stipulation he be on a GPS monitor.   King of Wilderness Rd, Fair Play, SC was arrested November 26, at a motel in […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa A man wanted on charges in New York state is taken into custody in Toccoa. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said his office worked with the U.S. Marshal’s Office to arrest an individual identified as Jesse Patterson in Toccoa on Tuesday. Shirley said that authorities found Patterson Tuesday at a Franklin Street residence. “They […]