Author: Ethan Jordan

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR We have more information on the charges facing a Hart County man allegedly involved in a shooting last Thursday night. Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland tells WNEG’s sister station WLHR News at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday evening his office received a call that a woman had been shot. When deputies arrived at the residence on Fleming […]

The monthly meeting of the Board of Elections and Registration for Stephens County is coming up this Thursday, July 15 in the Stephens County Historic Courthouse. According to Election Supervisor April Roberts, the meeting will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m. Roberts says this will be the first meeting of the restructured Board of Elections and Registration for Stephens County. The […]

A Toccoa man is facing multiple felony charges in Franklin County and Athens-Clarke County after a home invasion over the weekend. It happened on Saturday in the Plainview Community on Highway 51 near Carnesville. According to Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas, a homeowner answered a knock at the front door, and when they opened the door, a man entered the […]

The Toccoa City Commission approved a resolution concerning the Georgia General Assembly Redistricting on Monday during its regular scheduled meeting. As WNEG News previously reported, Toccoa Vice Mayor Jeanette Jamieson recommended the resolution during the Toccoa City Commission’s last meeting in June. At the time, Jamieson explained that in her experience, small counties are in jeopardy of losing political influence […]

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 […]