Category: News

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will help Beaulieu America fill about 80 jobs at its manufacturing facility in Gainesville. Beaulieu’s  Gainesville plant manufactures floor covering products.  Several years ago, the company closed its textile plant in Royston. The recruitment will be held next Tuesday, June 24, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Department of Labor’s Gainesville Career […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County Hospital receives some positive financial news for last month. Monday, the Hospital Authority reported a positive bottom line for the month of May during its regular monthly meeting.   May marks the two-thirds point in the hospital’s fiscal year, which runs from October 1 to September 30. Stephens County Hospital Administrator Ed Gambrell […]

A former Stephens County jailer will spend 30 years in a state prison after pleading guilty to child molestation and other charges. Bobby Lee Byargeon of Toccoa pled guilty last week in Stephens County Superior Court to numerous charges, including child molestation, sexual exploitation of children, and cruelty to children in the first degree. Byargeon was arrested by state and […]

From SKY104, Clayton, GA In Rabun County, authorities have arrested four people in connection with drug activity at a Clayton home. Authorities say agents with the Mountain Narcotics Criminal Investigation and Suppression Team along with law enforcement from Rabun, Habersham and Stephens Counties and the City of Toccoa and Clayton Police arrested the four after surveillance video showed cars coming […]

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 […]