Category: News

Here we snow again… North, Northeast Georgia and the Upstate bracing for a significant weather event this week.   A winter storm watch has been issued for Northeast Georgia beginning at 6a Tuesday through 7a Thursday morning. “I think one thing that is making this storm a little bit challenging is that it’s not going to move through the area all […]

The Franklin County School Board is being asked to consider how best to educate high school students next year when they begin using the new core building for the first time. “The guiding overall for the design of the new core building was to create a 21st century learning environment for our kids,” O’Dell told the board at their work […]

A couple wanted in Texas for attempted murder, is on their way back to their home state after being captured by Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputies.  It happened last week on I-85, according to Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas. “On Wednesday, February 5th, Sheriff’s arrested 39-year old Casey Lynn Straggs after receiving a lookout in reference to a warrant on Straggs […]

Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center has achieved national accreditation from DNV Healthcare, the only hospital accreditation program approved by the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. DNV integrates the ISO 9001 Quality Management System with the Medicare Conditions of Participation.  DNV’s accreditation program requires hospitals to evaluate the continuum of patient care throughout its facilities and take measured steps to […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens  County is putting its proposed Land Use Plan out to the public. Tuesday, the Stephens County Land Use Regulation Committee met to review the 58-page proposal once more and set up times for the public to ask questions and make comments. The plan sets up zoning classifications such as agricultural residential, agricultural business, agricultural […]