Category: News

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa A Stephens County woman is requesting the Stephens County Board of Education consider changing Stephens County High School’s mascot. On Tuesday, during the Board of Education’s regular scheduled meeting, Jennie Jesser spoke out saying the Indian mascot reinforces racist stereotypes. She says the mascot does not respect Native American culture and contradicts the school […]

The U.S. Forest Service will begin road repairs today to address damage on Tallulah River Road in the Chattahoochee National Forest. Work will cause intermittent road closures, traffic delays, and campground closures. Visitors to the campground should expect road closures between 9 am and noon and from 2p to -5pm Monday through Thursday each week until October. Tate Branch and […]

Franklin County is moving forward with a response to the lawsuit brought by Corridor Development, LLC but it will likely be sometime next year before the case goes to trial or is settled. Senior Superior Court Judge Samuel Ozburn, in an order issued on August 11, extended to August 15 the deadline for the County to conduct discovery and respond […]

Lithium-ion battery recycler and raw materials provider SungEel Recycling Park Georgia, LLC., will locate its first U.S. recycling facility in Georgia. A subsidiary of the Korea-based global industry leader SungEel HiTech Co., Ltd., the company will invest more than $37 million in the new facility and create 104 jobs. SungEel Recycling Park Georgia’s new facility will be located at the […]

Georgia’s unemployment rate hit an all-time low in July while job numbers increased to an all-time high. Job numbers increased more than 12,000 from June to July to an all-time high and were up almost five percent over the year. Job gains included opportunities in Accommodation and Food Services, 4,100, Health Care and Social Assistance, 2,400, Retail Trade, 2,000, Professional, […]