Category: News

After almost 38 years in law enforcement with the City of Hartwell,  Hartwell Police Chief Cecil Reno is retiring. Reno will leave his post at the end of the year.  When contacted, Reno declined to comment on his retirement.  Reno’s retirement was announced at the Hartwell City Council Meeting Monday night. “Cecil is retiring at the end of the year,” […]

The City of Lavonia is planning a multi-phase renovation of the Carnegie Public Library. Lavonia’s public library is one of the few Carnegie libraries still in existence and still being used as a library.   The library was built in 1909 with a $5,000 grant from the Carnegie Mellon Foundation, but in recent years, parts of the building have begun to […]

Toccoa native and former State Representative Michael Hardin has been appointed the new Georgia Program Manager for the Appalachian Regional Commission. Hardin was appointed last month by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs commissioner Gretchen Corbin.  Hardin will take over from James Thompson who is retiring at the end of the calendar year. The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia thinks Toccoa may be right for a compressed natural gas fueling station that could be open to the public. Officials from MGAG met with Toccoa City Commissioners last month at a work session to talk about the idea. The city of Toccoa has been conducting a test run, […]

Dozens of Franklin County fire and emergency personnel join Franklin County e911 dispatchers in petitioning Franklin County commissioners to give Jones Beasley his job back as EMA/e911 Director. At their regular meeting Monday night, the Board of Commissioners heard from e911 dispatcher Joy Davis. “We are here tonight from the 911 Center and many of the county workers, all in […]