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Franklin County could soon have another fire training center. At their work session Tuesday evening, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners heard from Red Hill Fire Chief Joe Green who is also the current president of the Firefighters Association in Franklin County. There is already a firefighter training center in Lavonia but Greene said the new training center will be […]

The Hart County Board of Commissioners says they will wait to vote on whether to accept an annexation request from the City of Hartwell until after the Hartwell Planning & Zoning Board renders a recommendation. Hartwell is looking at developing approximately 270 acres between Fairview Avenue and Liberty Hill Road and has asked the County to approve it. The plan […]

Two local churches are holding food giveaways in early November but one of them could lose their support from the Northeast Georgia Food Bank. First on November 1 Martin Baptist Church, in partnership with the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, will distribute free food to all qualifying residents of the Martin area of Stephens and Franklin Counties from 2:00 pm […]

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Toccoa Police Department is warning the public of a new scam that’s going around in Toccoa-Stephens County. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, on October 21, his office was made aware of a scam involving citizens receiving letters from businesses such as Walmart. The letters seem legitimate because the paper has the […]

Voter turnout set records in Georgia during the first week of the early voting period. As of Monday morning, about 758,000 voters had taken advantage of the first week of early voting. That shattered previous midterm turnout records during every day of early voting last week and was close to the early voting turnout ahead of the presidential election in […]