Category: News

The Franklin County Food Processing Center will be open for public use and instruction in safe food processing techniques from June 10 to August 8. Located on Highway 77  across from the former Lavonia Elementary School, the cannery, as it is commonly known, will be open from 7:30am to 12:00 noon every Monday and Thursday. Funded by the Franklin County […]

The man who once led U.S. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is signing up for a new mission in Stephens County. Retired General and Former CIA Director David Petreaus has agreed to join the “Camp Toccoa at Currahee” board.  (http://camptoccoaatcurrahee.com/) The “Camp Toccoa at Currahee” project is an effort to preserve and develop the original site of Camp Toccoa on […]

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners will meet this afternoon for their first budget work session for fiscal 2014. Commissioners will begin hearing from the various county department heads regarding what their budget needs are. This afternoon, the board will discuss funding for the Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter , the County Extension Service and EMS. Today’s work session begins at […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa A third person has been arrested in Stephens County in connection with last week’s massive manhunt in Hart County. As that manhunt continued in Hart County last Tuesday, Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said his deputies, along with agents from the  Mountain Judicial Circuit N.C.I.S. Drug Team, and the ATF descended on a house […]

While Georgia experienced fewer motorcycle deaths overall in 2012, motorcyclists in the state are killed at a rate disproportionate to their counterparts in passenger cars, according to an analysis by the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. As the state’s motorcycle riding season nears its peak, highway safety advocates last week called for both motorcyclists and motorists to share the […]