Category: News

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Stephens County School System will pursue charter system status. Tuesday, the Stephens County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve and sign a letter of intent to send to the state Department of Education declaring that the school system would seek to pursue charter system status. According to Stephens County School Superintendent Sherrie […]

Franklin County authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing Canon woman. Late Wednesday night, the Franklin County Sheriff’s office issued a lookout for 33-year old Bonny Anne Cooner of Canon. Cooner has been missing since Monday. She is described as a white female, about 5’5” tall, with blue eyes and shoulder length brown hair. Cooner also […]

New Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Parks White says the office he inherited is filled with years of backlogged cases. White attended the Franklin County Board of Commissioners work session Tuesday to ask them for extra funding to supplement the salary of his new Chief Assistant District Attorney. White told the board the office of the District Attorney is in […]

The Internal Revenue Service today warned college students and other taxpayers to beware of an emerging federal tax refund scam tempting students to relinquish their personal identification and file tax returns claiming fraudulent refunds. Misleading and bogus refund claims using the American Opportunity Education Tax Credit have been identified on college campuses throughout the Southeast Region.   These schemes carry […]

U.S. Congressman Doug Collins of the new 9th District in Georgia his concern is with the kind of country this generation will leave the next. Speaking at the Franklin County Chamber and Rotary luncheon Tuesday, Collins said if Congress doesn’t get control of spending and rein in the debit limit, our children will have to pay the price. “We’re going […]