Category: News

Despite the two spillway releases last week and an increase in outflow over the weekend, Hartwell Lake is still over four feet above full pool. As of late Monday, the lake level at Hartwell  stood at 664.6 ft msl. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Billy Birdwell said Monday the Corps has stepped up its program of outflow from the […]

A change in the location for a scheduled public hearing regarding the Franklin County Board of Elections’ plan to consolidate voting precincts. The hearing was originally set for August 6th at 6p at Elections and Registrations office in Carnesville. Franklin County Elections Superintendent Tess Eubanks announced Monday, however, that while the hearing date and time remain the same, it will […]

A Hartwell man, charged in the 2000 murder of a Elberton man, will spend the rest of his life in prison. Dana Martin Grantham, 59, pled guilty Monday in Elbert County Superior Court to the murder of Jimmy Webb, 67 of Elberton. The Webb murder case went unsolved for 13 years, but was re-opened in January by the Elbert County […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The trial for the two remaining Toccoa men charged in an alleged plot to attack the U.S. government is back on hold. The U.S. District Court in Gainesville confirms that a trial for Samuel J. Crump and Ray H. Adams, both of Toccoa, has been postponed indefinitely. Trial for the pair was set to […]

A Hartwell man is set to be arraigned today in Superior Court for the murder of an Elbert County man in 2000. 59-year old Dana Martin Grantham of Hartwell is charged with the murder of 67-year-old Jimmy Webb in October, 2000.  Webb was found dead inside his home off of Cromer Road in Elberton on October 6th, 2000. Warrants for […]