Author: Phil Hobbs

Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens has issued a directive to insurance companies to exercise leniency in dealing with Georgia residents that may experience difficulty paying their premiums due to Hurricane Irma. Hudgins told media quote “I expect insurance companies to be compassionate and understanding when so many of their policyholders’ lives have been severely disrupted, this includes premium payments and nonrenewal […]

National Hunting and Fishing Day is coming up this Saturday and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division will be hosting a number of free events. Rusty Garrison, Director of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division tells WNEG News the events are family-oriented, with fun and educational hands-on activities that everyone will enjoy. Garrison said […]

Hurricane Irma did not have as much of an effect on raising the level of Lake Hartwell as hoped. Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District had hoped the Hartwell, Russell, and Thurmond Reservoirs would get an extra five to seven inches of rain from Irma as it passed over the Upper Savannah River Basin, but that […]

The Royston Police Department in partnership with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office apprehended a wanted fugitive on Friday after receiving a tip from a citizen. Jerry Lee Spence, 18 was apprehended and taken to the Franklin County Jail. A warrant had been issued for Spence by the Anderson County, South Carolina Sheriff’s Department in connection with a carjacking that occurred […]

Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse says clean-up from Tropical Storm Irma has went well in the city and city crews will be moving off more debris this week. One of the concerns for the city last week was the loss of power at key waterworks. Morse told WNEG news on Friday that the power is back at Lake Davidson. ” […]

Former Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin has passed away at the age of 88. Irvin served as Georgia’s Agriculture Commissioner for 41 years.     Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black issued the following statement: “Commissioner Irvin loved serving Georgia’s farmers and consumers for over three generations.  He touched us all with his unsurpassed spirit of stewardship, commitment and work […]

Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse tells WNEG news the power is back at Lake Davidson. ” I want to reassure the citizens that all of the departments are up and running, specifically the water operation. We have power now at Davidson Lake and are pumping back to Lake Toccoa. A big thank you to Harry Scott and everyone in the […]