Author: Ethan Jordan

On the afternoon of April 10, a member of the Franklin County Deputy Drug Interdiction Team stopped a vehicle on GA 17 inside the city limits of Canon. The deputy spoke with the driver, Stanley Bernard Hunt, who told to the deputy that he did not have his driver’s license on his person. The deputy then removed Hunt from the […]

A Hartwell grandmother has pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter in the 2017 death of her 20-month-old grandson. The child, identified as Paris Adams, was attacked and mauled by two pit bulls owned by the grandmother at a house on Highland Avenue in Hartwell. According to attorney Mays Davison, who represented Sandra Adams, the 70-year-old grandmother pleaded first […]

Developers are looking to build housing units on East Doyle Street Extension. Developers with Vantage Development recently sat down with the Toccoa City Commission to request a letter of support regarding the development of 64 town-house units to be located on East Doyle Street Extension. Project Manager Jordan Whiteside provided the commissioners with a briefing of Vantage Development’s plans for […]

A Tuesday night residential structure fire has been ruled as arson. The home, located at 555 South Pond Street, had been of interest to the City of Toccoa for future housing developments. The city is scheduled to close on the property tomorrow morning. The cost of acquiring the property is $16,000. Officials told WNEG News that the fire was a […]

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office has been on a roll recently with more than three large-scale drug operations being shut down by investigators this past month. Another investigation ends in the dismantling of a drug ring located in Stephens County. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley recently announced that on April 4, investigators with his office executed a search warrant at […]

Georgia State Representative Dan Gasaway has asked the Attorney General of Georgia Christopher Carr to assist him in opening an investigation into the Habersham County Board of Education.   Gasaway wrote in a Georgia House of Representatives Guest Editiorial provided to WNEG that he is requesting the investigation into a Gainesville construction company which has employed his Republican primary opponent […]

For years, we’ve treated April 15 as the official tax deadline — except in years that it isn’t. So put a big red circle around Tuesday, April 17, as the date you’ve got to file 2017 income tax returns for both Georgia and the federal government. Taxpayers have until 11:59 p.m. to submit returns by e-file or postmarked through the […]

During court proceedings on April 5, Senior Assistant District Attorney Brian Atkinson was able to secure guilty pleas from four defendants, resulting in 57 years of prison total for the offenders. The hearings were held in the Franklin County Superior Court and presided over by Senior Judge John Bailey. Kenneth Carey pled guilty to charges of statutory rape and child […]