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A portion of road has been washed out, creating a break in a Westminster water main yesterday. Highway 123, that connects western Oconee with Georgia, is closed to all traffic, following the sink hole that opened up yesterday afternoon. The portion of road is in the vicinity of Dixon, Tabor and Singleton roads. Officials are urging everyone to avoid the […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Sheriff’s Office continues to ask for the public’s help in identifying a burglary suspect at the Yonah Hydroelectric Dam. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley tells WNEG News it happened sometime between February 4th and 5th. He said surveillance cameras captured a man inside the plant who made off with various tools that were inside the facility. Yonah […]
Read moreThree people have been arrested after a White County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was patrolling the area around Daybreak Road, in Cleveland. According to a report issued by Mitchell Posey with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, the deputy witnessed a car turn onto Daybreak Road and immediately turn its headlights off but continued driving. The deputy decided to investigate, especially […]
Read moreIn Rabun County, two brothers have pled guilty to vehicular homicide for their part in causing the death of a passenger in a car they repeatedly rammed. Mountain Judicial Circuit Court Judge George Christian tells WNEG News twin brothers Jesse Reeves Smith, and James Cody Smith, both 23, of Lakemont, Georgia pleaded guilty Monday to homicide by motor vehicle. Jesse […]
Read moreStephens County has joined with Banks and Habersham Counties to appeal a ruling from Senior Superior Court Judge David Sweat that ordered a third Special election for State House District 28. “The County’s issue is not in the outcome of the April election as long as the process is fair and conducted in accordance with state and federal law,” Stephens […]
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The three vacant administration positions for academic year 2019-20 have been filled. During the recent Stephens County Board of Education meeting, the board voted and approved the HR Report which included the three new administrators. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey says the board is eager to begin working with the new administrators. Daniel Oldham will fill the Deputy Superintendent […]
Read moreOne Georgia lawmaker is trying to push through an amendment to a current bill that would make it legal for people to break into a vehicle if they see a pet is locked in a hot car. According to a report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Republican Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick of Marietta is on a special Senate committee studying whether […]
Read moreScammers are at it again and this time they’re targeting iPhone users. Better Business Bureau spokesperson Dottie Calina says scammers are targeting iTunes accounts with a phishing email. “You receive an email supposedly from Apple Support notifying you of a recent purchase with your Apple ID. And if you don’t recognize the purchase they ask you to cancel the purchase,” […]
Read moreToccoa Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the man responsible for the recent armed robbery of a Toccoa home. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, on February 7, officers were dispatched to 532 Collins Road in reference to a robbery. Mize tells WNEG News that the homeowner was in his dining room when a black male […]
Read moreA new law signed last Friday by Governor Brian Kemp should help keep school children safer who ride the bus. Kemp signed Senate Bill 25 into law Friday that clarifies when motorists must stop for school buses. Last year, Georgia Lawmakers passed a bill that inadvertently made it legal for motorists in an oncoming lane to pass a school bus. […]
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