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Rabun County Commission Chair Stanley “Butch” Darnell died Friday at his Rabun Gap Home from an apparent heart attack. Rabun County manager Jim Bleckly said Darnell was outside gardening Friday with his wife and went inside to take a break from the heat. He died suddenly while sitting in a chair. “This is a great loss to Rabun County and […]

Employees with Franklin County will have a new drug plan option added to their health insurance plans. At a called meeting last week, county manager Billy Morse said the board of commissioners voted to approve a prescription drug plan. Last month, the board approved a new health insurance plan for employees but the county is only paying for the employee, […]

With summer now officially underway, crews with the Georgia Department of Transportation are out in force across the state repairing and resurfacing roads. But the GDOT promises to be as non-disruptive as possible while making critical improvements to the state’s transportation system. GDOT spokesperson Teri Pope. Pope said, “Typically our construction season is March through November.  So we’re right in […]

A Canon man accused in the fatal wreck last year that killed two people and injured a third was found guilty Thursday on all counts. On Thursday, a Franklin County jury found James Thomas “Tommy” Dickson guilty of  four counts of homicide by vehicle in the first degree, two counts of serious injury by vehicle, possession of Schedule IV controlled […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa A South Carolina man is behind bars charged with the theft of dozens of cell phones from the Toccoa Walmart. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said investigators have charged 33-year-old Ontorio Cortez Waymyers of Colubmia, South Carolina in connection with the March 27 theft of $14,000 worth of cell phones from Wal-Mart. Jarrell says […]