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By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa A 15-year-old is charged in connection to the death of his mother in Stephens County on Monday, Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said Tuesday. Authorities have charged the 15-year-old juvenile, whose name was not released by authorities, with malice murder in connection to the shooting death of 46-year-old Kim Lanier at her Prather Bridge […]

Space is still available for local businesses at this year’s eighth annual Career Expo and Job Fair on the Currahee Campus of North Georgia Technical College. The Career Expo is coming up October 17 from noon until 3p. Sponsored by the State Department of Labor’s Toccoa Career Center, manager Greg Pitts says it’s not too late for vendors to sign […]

The City of Toccoa has tabled a proposed ordinance that would put tough regulations on hotels and motels in the city that offer extended stay rates. At their meeting last week, Toccoa City Commissioners held a public hearing on the proposed extended stay hotel-motel ordinance. The proposed ordinance includes rules that spell out how many people can stay in a […]

Traffic on I-85 SB is at a stand still after an 18-wheeler jack-knifed. It happened about 10 this morning at mile marker 174 in the SB lane near the Franklin/Hart County line.  The truck landed on its side, crossing all lanes of I-85, trapping the driver inside the cab. Lavonia Fire Department responded to the scene, along with the Franklin […]

Authorities in Elbert County are remaining tight-lipped regarding the identities of a body found Sunday in the trunk of a burned vehicle and the two suspects in custody in connection with that case. Elbert County Sheriff Melvin Andrews tells sister station WSGC in Elberton authorities found the body inside the trunk of one of the cars that was set on […]