Category: News

The sinkhole on SR51/Reed Creek Highway in Hart County is actually turning out to be a good thing for people living in the area. The Hart County Water and Sewer Authority is now installing a new water line around the detour area giving  home owners and poultry farmers the opportunity to tap on to county water. Water and Sewer Authority […]

Hart County is getting closer to closing the books on what has been a years long saga to bring five years of property tax digests up to date and in compliance with the State. Now that the property revals have been completed by the Hart County Tax Assessor’s office and most of the digests dating back to 2009 have been […]

A suspect wanted in Banks County is behind bars in Atlanta. Atlanta Police Sargeant Greg Lyon told the Atlanta Journal Constitution they had arrested 45-year old Chester Thomas Akins after a suspicious package with wires sticking out of it had been found in his SUV near Underground Atlanta. A bomb squad was called in and found the package and determined […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County Sheriff’s Office deputies are receiving a new piece of equipment. Recently, the Sheriff’s Office issued all patrol deputies body cameras. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said deputies will use the equipment to record contacts between themselves and the public. “It will be activated during all calls for service as well as contacts […]

Just a reminder for those motorists who use US441 in Banks and Jackson counties. On Tuesday, the speed limit on US 441 was increased from 55 mph to 65 mph. G-DOT spokesperson Teri Pope says the decision to raise the speed limit on US441 came after an engineering study and data that showed most motorists were already driving at 65 […]