Category: News

Some little rail cars made a big splash this weekend as they rolled through Northeast Georgia. Members of the North American Rail Car Operatiors Association or NARCOA came through Franklin, Hart, Elbert and Stephens Counties Saturday on their PutPut’s and Speeders, riding the rails as the invited guests of the Hartwell Railroad.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gIxQ4f6uZw. According to their Web site, NARCOA is […]

By David Stephens, WSGC Radio, Elberton A lease agreement and rental guidelines for the Old Rock Gym facility, located next to the Granite Bowl, have been agreed upon by the Elbert County Board of Commissioners. The recently renovated Rock Gym is being leased to Savannah River Productions at a rate of five hundred dollars a month. Elbert County Attorney Bill Daughtry […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Stephens County School System will send its charter system application off to the state for consideration. Tuesday, the Stephens County Board of Education unanimously approved the application at its regular monthly meeting. The Stephens County School System has been working on the application since January, when it made the decision to pursue charter system […]

Members of the Hart County Chamber of Commerce and others now have a better idea of where each of the  candidates running for the Hartwell Mayor seat stand.  On Thursday, candidates in the Hartwell mayoral race took time to discuss their platforms and answer questions from the audience at a special Chamber-sponsored Lunch and Learn. All four candidates focused on growing […]

A reminder that advance or early voting is now underway for the November municipal and special elections in Hart and Franklin Counties.  Early voting continues Monday through Friday until November 1st.  In Franklin County, voters are deciding on a number of municipal city council races in five municipalities.  The Franklin County Elections and Registrations office is handling four of those […]