Three Banks Co. Teens Arrested for Golf Club Burglary

In Banks County, three teens are charged with burglarizing a golf club in Homer. Banks County Sheriff’s spokesperson Sgt.Carissa McFaddin said on Monday morning , Banks County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a burglary on the property of Chimney Oaks Golf Club on Hammer’s Glen Drive in Homer sometime Sunday. According to the complainant, there were a number of items stolen from […]

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Toccoa-Stephens Co. Recreation Department Hosting Fireworks Show Tonight

The Stephens County Recreation Department is hosting the annual Fourth of July fireworks show tonight behind the Roselane ball fields at the rec department. Executive Director Richard Adams said that people should begin arriving around 6:30 and the fireworks will begin around 9:20. “People will start arriving around 6:30 and we won’t start shooting fireworks until around 9:20 or right […]

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Lt. Governor Visits Toccoa

Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle was in Toccoa yesterday as part of his campaigning tour across Georgia after announcing his candidacy for governor back in April. Cagle was at X-Factor Grill for a meet and greet and the community was invited to come out and have breakfast with the Lt. Governor. Cagle told WNEG News that he was excited to come […]

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Toccoa Vice Mayor Receives Certificate of Dedication Award

Toccoa Vice Mayor David Austin received the Certificate of Dedication award from the Harold F. Holtz Municipal Training Institute last Sunday during the Georgia Municipal Association’s Annual Convention in Savannah. Communications and Marketing Director for the Georgia Municipal Association Kelli Bennett said the Dedication Award is the fifth highest level and receiving this award requires extensive training. In order to […]

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Northeast GA Bank Robber Apprehended in New York

The suspect involved in the robbery of Northeast Georgia Bank in Commerce was apprehended in New York last week. The female, identified as Christi Diane Slade, 44 of Rensselaer, New York was detained at Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office last Thursday evening when she arrived to visit her incarcerated husband. Slade had recently robbed another bank in Washington County, Maryland and […]

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hosts Water Management Seminar

MJ Kneiser Dozens of concerned citizens and civic leaders now have a better understanding of how the  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers handles the management of water levels in the Savannah River Basin. At a special seminar and workshop Monday evening at the Currahee Campus of North Georgia Technical College in Toccoa, Corps representatives along with representatives from the Georgia and South […]

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