Author: Charlie Bauder

2015 is coming to a close, which means it is once again time to look back at the top stories in Stephens County over the last 12 months. AM 630 WNEG and wnegradio.com will air the “Year in Review” news program twice this week. The first time is today at 4:30 p.m. and the second time is on Friday at […]

A flood watch continues in effect for Stephens County through Thursday morning as more rain is expected. Already since 7 a.m. Monday, downtown Toccoa has received 1.47 inches of rain. That is on top of the more than five inches of rain that has fallen in downtown Toccoa since early last week. National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg Meterologist Andrew Kimball said […]

Figures from the Georgia Department of Labor show that Stephens County’s unemployment rate took another drop in the month of November. According to those numbers, Stephens County had a preliminary unemployment rate for November of 5.8 percent. That is down from the revised October rate of 6.0 percent and the revised rate for November 2014 of 6.9 percent. A look […]

Stephens County Hospital is welcoming its new surgeons. At last week’s Hospital Authority meeting, hospital officials introduced general surgeons Dr. Dearl Birdsong and Dr. Mark Herndon to the Hospital Authority. The two surgeons started practicing about a month ago. Hospital Administrator Ed Gambrell said everything is running very smoothly so far. “I am so excited because both are going to […]

Stephens County authorities turn over an Oconee County, South Carolina man to authorities in Oconee County on charges in connection to a summertime theft. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office booked 30-year-old Kristopher O’Neal Justus of West Union, South Carolina into the Oconee County Detention Center on Wednesday after picking him up from the Stephens County Jail. Justus faces an outstanding […]

The Georgia Department of Public Safety said nine people were killed on Georgia highways during this past Christmas holiday weekend. State officials released the final count on Monday. This year’s Christmas travel period ran for 78 hours. It started on Thursday at 6 p.m. and lasted through midnight on Sunday. One of those traffic fatalities was reported in northeast Georgia […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Tri-County Chevrolet in Royston is offering a $10,000 reward for the return of two stolen vehicles. Royston Police along with Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies are asking for the public’s help to locate a 1956 Black and Chrome Chevy Belair and a 2015 Orange Dodge Challenger with a black racing stripe. Royston Police Chief Donnie […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is again offering people a place to recycle their used, natural Christmas trees this year. According to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, its Hartwell Lake Project Office will accept natural Christmas trees for recycling from now through Feb. 15, 2016. No artificial trees will be accepted and all ornaments and tinsel must […]