Category: News

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa A group of young people from Stephens and Franklin counties is riding their way to success in the world of equestrian drill team. The Currahee Thunder Drill Team is made up of 11 children from Stephens and Franklin counties. It practices at the Currahee Saddle Club and recently, WNEG spent time with the team.  […]

Just two years after its grand opening, Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center in Lavonia is in a financial crisis so severe they cannot make their next bond payment, which is due December 1st. It now falls to the County to make those payments. In a joint press release issued Tuesday, officials with Ty Cobb Healthcare, Franklin County, and the Franklin […]

Hart County has a new FY15 budget, but it is coming in with a $613,000 deficit. At Tuesday night’s Hart County Commission meeting, the board voted to pass the FY15 budget, knowing it was short. For FY15, the county  is anticipating total expenses of $10.622,922 and expected revenue of $10,009,462,  leaving a deficit of $613,460. The shortage, according to County […]

A Carnesville photography student at North Georgia Technical College is one of seven students to receive a scholarship from a local construction company. Ron Cantrell of Ron Cantrell Construction, Inc., presented the photography students with scholarships for their work documenting one of the company’s recent construction projects. The students from NGTC’s Photography Department traveled to the campus of Tallulah Falls […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa In Stephens County, a teen charged in the shooting death of his mother, has been indicted. On Monday, a Stephens County Grand Jury handed down a true bill against the 15-year old.  That indictment charges the teen with Malice Murder, Felony Murder, and Aggravated Assault. On September 29th, authorities charged the juvenile, whose name […]