Category: News

Just a reminder if you live in Royston, the Royston City Hall is closed today for their big move to their new location at 684 Franklin Springs St. which is the current public library. City manager Greg Scott says anyone needing to pay a utility bill during the move, will still be able to do so. “They can still pay […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County Hospital has named its 2013 Employee of the Year. She is LPN Brooke Smith who works as a nurse at the Clary Care and Wilkinson Centers. Smith is currently attending the RN program at Piedmont College. Stephens County Hospital Personal Care Homes Director Hayley Knight said the residents and their families love […]

Callers to the  Toccoa Social Security office today or any regional SS office in Northeast Georgia will likely get a recording telling them those offices are on reduced hours and services. For the first time in 17 years, the federal government has shut down as the House and Senate argue over implementing Obamacare. And locally, a number of government offices […]

Franklin County has agreed to link its water line to the City of Martin in order to provide water to people living in the Clark’s Creek area off SR17. Under the terms of a proposed intergovernmental agreement, Franklin County will link its water line to one installed by Martin along Clarks Creek Road. At their work session last week, former […]

Hart County’s Board of Commissioners has approved a spending resolution allowing the county to operate without a new budget past the start of the new fiscal year, which begins today.  At their regular meeting last week, county administrator Jon Caime presented the board with the preliminary FY14 budget numbers.  Caime said the county is still short about $300-thousand dollars from […]