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If you have not yet filed your 2023 income tax return you have until midnight tonight to do so. The Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR) began processing individual income tax returns on Wednesday, February 1 and expects more than 128.7 million individual tax returns to be filed by today’s tax deadline. The IRS has already received more than 100 million […]

Red Hill Fire Chief and former Fr Co BOE Chair Joe Greene is one of four candidates running for the job of Franklin County Commission Chair seat. Speaking on Community Forum Sunday, Greene said this is a critical time for Franklin County as it looks to the future and how citizens want that future to look. Greene was unable to […]

By Jessica Waters, WNEG Radio Three people are facing drug charges in Stephens County after a four-month-long multi-agency investigation uncovered a cache of drugs, weapons, and cash at a home on Shire Drive. On March 31, deputies conducted a traffic stop on a red Ford Focus after observing a brake light violation. According to the report, during the traffic stop, […]

A reminder that this weekend the Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter will hold its annual spring rabies clinic. The clinic takes place at the shelter on Bear Creek Road in Lavonia, on Saturday, April 13 from 10a to 2p. Shelter Director Tammi Jourdenais is encouraging anyone who needs to have their pet vaccinated to take advantage of the low-cost clinic. You […]

Two high school seniors from Northeast Georgia are part of 117 students statewide who have made it to the State School Superintendent’s Honor list. They are Hart County High School Senior Isabella Chitwood and Madison County High School Senior Jackson Bost. Isabella was previously named this year’s STAR Student for Hart County and Class of 2024 Valedictorian. “I am thrilled […]