Category: News

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Stephens County Board Of Education has announced its choice for new School Superintendent. The board has named former Gilmer County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey as the sole finalist for the job out of a candidate list of 31 applicants and five finalists. By State law, the board must now wait 14 days before […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Agents with the Georgia Bureau Of Investigation have arrested a Stephens County jailer on charges of aggravated child molestation. According to a GBI press release, 57 year old Bobby Byargeon  of Toccoa was arrested Friday after a victim came forward and told authorities they had been molested by Byargeon for a year. During their […]

An Elberton man is behind bars on charges he uploaded child pornography on his home computer. The arrest came last week after an investigation by agents with the  Georgia Bureau of Investigation . GBI spokesperson Sherry Lang tells WLHR News agents received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that 44-year old Christopher Wayne Harrison had […]

CASA, a non-profit group that speaks for abuses and neglected children in Northeast Georgia, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in April with a special honor. CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate. Recently, the group was awarded the 2014 Established Program Award of Excellence at the Georgia CASA State Conference. Michelle Mitchell is the Executive Director for the Northeast Georgia […]

They are the future of industry in Franklin County and Georgia and recently, the Franklin County Middle School chapter of the Technology Student Association proved that at the recent 52nd Georgia TSA State Convention. The convention was held at the Classic Center in Athens, Georgia, on March 13 and 14. 21 students in grades six through eight represented  Franklin County […]