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A group of veterans is asking Franklin County to approve a proclamation supporting veterans who have received the Purple Heart. At their meeting earlier this week, the board of commissioners  heard from Ferris Johnson, Chapter President for Northeast Georgia for the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Chartered by Congress in 1958, The Military Order of the Purple Heart is […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Three Toccoa men face charges in connection to a reported burglary last month in Stephens County. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said it started when his office responded to a reported burglary at a location on Jordan Road in Toccoa on March 24. “A few weeks ago, a homeowner came home to discover that […]

A Danielsville man, who once owned an insurance agency in Royston is behind bars, charged with defrauding clients out of at least $35,000 in insurance premiums. According to a report in the Athens-Banner Herald, 34-year old James Travis Williams was arrested Tuesday morning at his home in Danielsville by investigators with the Madison County Sheriff’s office. Williams is the former […]

A Franklin County Commissioner says he has an alternative plan to fund the expansion of the Franklin County Detention Center. Built in 1993, the current jail is designed to hold 76 inmates, but has a population today of almost twice that.  Many of the more serious offenders are now being housed at other facilities in other counties at a cost […]

The City of Royston is looking inside to find its new city manager. The town has been without a city manager for the past two weeks after the departure of Greg Scott who resigned to take a communications job with the U.S. Air National Guard in Florida. At their regular meeting Tuesday night, the Royston City council voted to offer […]