The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
In White County, seven people are behind bars facing multiple counts in connection with a drug bust last week. It happened in Cleveland, Georgia. Mitchell Posey, with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office told WNEG News agents joined the White County Sheriff’s office and the Cleveland Police Department to target suspected drug dealers. A combined aggressive street-level effort by uniformed […]
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The Stephens County Commission is having a called budget work session today at 8:30 a.m. During their regularly scheduled meeting last month, the commission presented the requested FY 18 budget. At that time they didn’t have a proposed budget due to difficulty deciding on where they would make cuts. According to Finance Director Phyllis Ayers, the commission is facing a […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Labor’s Habersham Career Center is holding a recruitment for ResCare HomeCare later this month. ResCare HomeCare is a nursing and residential care company and during the recruitment, they will be looking for 20 direct care employees. 10 will be working in Rabun County and 10 in Fannin County. Recruitment will be Thursday, June 22 from 11 […]
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Police Chief Tim Jarrell reports the arrest of an individual on drug charges. On June 6 at 6:48 p.m., Officer Justin Parten stopped a red GMC Yukon for failure to stop at a traffic light at the intersection of Big A Road and Skyline Drive. While Officer Parten was speaking with the driver, he detected an odor of suspected unburnt […]
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The Stephens County Development Authority is having their regularly scheduled June meeting tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. On the agenda includes the FY 17 and 18 strategic objectives, FY 18 budget request and an update on existing projects and programs. The meeting will be held in the Stephens County Development Authority conference room and is open to the public.
Read moreStephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley reports the arrest of an individual after fleeing from deputies. On June 4, deputies initiated a traffic stop on Sautee Street when a vehicle failed to stop. The suspect identified as Matthew Ivester, 30 of Toccoa, fled from deputies and ended up wrecking his vehicle after going down an embankment and then continuing to drive […]
Read moreMJ Kneiser The 26th annual “Hands Across the Border” traffic enforcement operation kicks off this week. Georgia is joining their fellow law enforcement officers in Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee to conduct joint roadchecks in their respective states. State and local law enforcement officers in all five states will work simultaneously to take drunken and drugged drivers off the […]
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Firefighters are still battling the wildfire in the Okefenokee Swamp, known as the West Mims fire, and have gotten help from local rangers with the Georgia Forestry Commission. Gary Roberts with the Georgia Forestry Commission said crews and equipment from their Lavonia station were sent down in April and stayed for about six weeks. “Our equipment was down there for […]
Read moreNortheast Georgia Medical Center now has the capabilities to utilize the Airo® Mobile Intraoperative CT scanner, a new technology that allows surgeons to use live imaging of patients’ anatomy during surgery. Prior to this scanner, surgeons had to complete a surgical procedure and then transfer a patient to radiology for imaging. The Airo allows them to see images of a […]
Read moreWith summer now underway, barbecue season is in its peak and the National Fire Protection Association urges grillers to be careful while cooking on their grill. According to the NFPA, grilling fires occur most often in the summer, particularly in the month of July. Their latest Home Grill Fires report says that three out of five households own a gas […]
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