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A Hart County man has turned himself to the Hart County Sheriff’s office in connection with a shooting Thursday night. Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland tells WNEG sister station WLHR at about 10:30p Thursday evening his office received a call that a woman had been shot. When deputies arrived at the residence on Fleming Road they found a woman lying […]

Fire Investigators with the State Fire Marshal’s Office are assisting the Georgia State Patrol and the Hart County Sheriff’s Office with the investigation into the accident last weekend at the Hartwell Speedway that killed a spectator and injured two others. On Thursday, Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner John F. King announced his investigators are inspecting the track’s permits and ensuring […]

An Eastanollee man has been indicted in Stephens County for two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The Stephens County Grand Jury indicted 19-year-old Troy’Onta Ry’Tarious Finley earlier this week for an incident that occurred on May 19. As WNEG News initially reported, 17-year-old Cassidy Blalock, of Toccoa, was shot at […]

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office with the help of deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office made an arrest after receiving information that an individual was sending obscene text messages and explicit photos to a juvenile. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, investigators obtained the juvenile’s phone and found multiple lude photographs and text messages requesting sexual contact, all […]

Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced on Wednesday that a recent Habersham County restaurant fire has been ruled an act of arson. The fire was reported to local authorities just before 6:45 p.m. on July 5 and was set in the men’s restroom of the LongHorn Steakhouse, located on Carpenter’s Cove Lane, in Cornelia. Responders with the […]

A Toccoa man has been indicted in Stephens County on one count of felony murder and one count of aggravated assault. The Stephens County Grand Jury indicted 55-year-old Rex Douglas Holbrook earlier this week with the aforementioned charges. According to the indictment, the charges of murder and aggravated assault stem from an incident that occurred on March 30. As WNEG […]

A Hartwell man has been indicted in Stephens County for armed robbery, home invasion, and aggravated assault. The Stephens County Grand Jury indicted Laterrell Marique Alexander earlier this week on the aforementioned charges. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Toccoa Police Department arrested Alexander on July 8, 2020 while he was reporting […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR A Bowersville man, charged with five counts including rape is out on bond but under house arrest. According to the Hart County Sheriff’s office, bond had initially been denied for 36-year-old Jeremy Leonard Green in Hart County Magistrate Court. However, he was released June 24 on a $250,000 bond set by a Hart County Superior Court […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR This Saturday a special Community Pop Up Shop Day is being held on the lawn at the Spring St Gym in Lavonia and it’s for a good cause. According to organizer Gervonte Brown, the day commemorates the third anniversary of the Fannie Mae Simpson Foundation and its efforts to help students go to college. “What we’re […]

For the fourth year, the Georgia Foundation for Public Education (GFPE), the foundation of the Georgia Department of Education, is providing Rural Education Fund (REF) grants to help rural schools and districts meet their students’ needs. A limited number of grants of up to $10,000 are available. Any public school or school district located in a Georgia county with a […]