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A Toccoa man, wanted in connection with an armed robbery in the Gumlog area of Franklin County, is now behind bars. Late Tuesday night, Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas announced 26-year old Ricco Marshall had been captured. “After many hours of interviews by investigators with the Franklin and Stephens County Sheriff’s Departments, Ricco Marshall was arrested Tuesday after a chase […]

The body of a Canon man, killed Monday in a wreck on SR17 in Hart County, has been sent to the GBI Crime Lab for autopsy. The accident happened just after 7p Monday on SR17 between Bowersville and Canon in Hart County.  Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland said a 1996 Ford pick-up driven by 31-year old Vergil Steven Bennett of […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ J. Strom Thurmond Lake invites the public to volunteer during its annual National Public Lands Day Clean-up Campaign. The campaign begins Aug. 28 and concludes on National Public Lands Day (Sept. 28) with a half work day and a volunteer appreciation picnic at the Below Dam South Carolina Recreation Area. The Thurmond Lake Clean-Up […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Stephens County School System will continue an after-school program after receiving a grant for another year. Stephens County School Superintendent Sherrie Whiten announced last week that the school system had received a fourth year of the 21st century community learning center grant. The federal grant has provided $350,000 per year for the last […]

A Maysville man is behind bars in Jackson County, charged in connection with the theft of over $10,000 in copper and other items. Access North Georgia reports 43-year old John Patrick Wolfe is charged with taking tools and insulated copper wiring from a commercial building site on Wayne Poultry Road. Jackson County Sheriff’s investigators say so far, they have recovered […]