Category: News

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers has released the county’s plan for the upcoming November 8th election following the recent resignation of Election Supervisor Krista Terry. Ayers announced on Thursday that a representative from the Secretary of State’s Office came up on Thursday, and will again today, to train Ayers, Fredda Wheeler who serves on […]

Motorists traveling on I-85 this week need to be aware of work by Georgia Department of Transportation crews. Today, crews will be working during the daytime hours on concrete slab maintenance on 85 Northbound. Crews will be cutting out broken and damaged concrete sections, removing debris, and will then replace the section with newly poured concrete slabs. That will result […]

The National Transportation Safety Administration has released a preliminary report on the plane that crashed into Lake Hartwell last month. It happened Saturday, September 10. Pilot Todd Carrell was flying his Beechcraft B55 twin-engine plane from Punta Gorda, Fl to Anderson Regional Airport in Anderson, SC to attend an event. According to the preliminary report, Anderson air traffic control cleared […]

A Hartwell woman is behind bars in Oconee County, South Carolina charged with the murder of a Walhalla man. Wednesday evening, investigators with the Walhalla Police Department arrested 37-year-old, Lakeisha McLendon of Hartwell for the murder of Terrance Boyd. Boyd was pronounced dead at a residence on Moore Avenue in Walhalla on Monday. Autopsy results showed that Boyd died as […]

Voters who missed casting an early ballot this week will have a chance to do so on Saturday. Advance voting continues Saturday at the Board of Elections offices in Carnesville and Hartwell. Voting hours are from 9a to 4p this Saturday and next Saturday. There are also two more weeks of advance voting during the week through November 4. If […]