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Charles Anthony, WLHR A Friday morning single-vehicle wreck on GA 51 in Franklin County results in one fatality. Robert Alexander Lewis, 19 of Homer ,was headed east on GA 51 during the 4 o’ clock hour Friday morning in a 2005 Chevrolet Colorado when he entered a curve to the left, traveled off the road to the right and then […]
Read moreMJ Kneiser The official start of Summer doesn’t begin until tomorrow, but already two people have drowned on Lake Hartwell. That’s why DNR Law Enforcement officials are once again emphasizing the importance of water safety – particularly wearing a life jacket. Saturday evening, a Lavonia man drowned when he slipped off a floatation device into the water near the Rocky […]
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INSP Film’s newest release, “County Line”, premiered at the Historic Ritz Theatre this past weekend. The film was shot in Toccoa back in 2016 at locations throughout the city, including Toccoa Raceway and the Stephens County Court House. Premiere events were on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and President of the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce Julie Paysen said it was […]
Read moreLast week, the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office arrested Ronald Sammy Loggins Jr. for trafficking Heroin. On June 15, Habersham County authorities arrested Loggins at Circle K Convenience Store in Alto after a long surveillance and finding a bag in Loggins’ pants pocket containing 5 grams of heroin. The street value of the heroin […]
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The Toccoa City Commisson is holding a work session and meeting tonight at 5 p.m. During the work session, the commission will discuss combining the Citizen Advisory Board on Litter and Blight with the Keep Toccoa Stephens County Beautiful Board and the re-classification of natural gas transmission main to distribution system. The agenda for the meeting includes consideration of adoption […]
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MJ Kneiser Authorities are still searching for a woman suspected of robbing a bank in the Banks Crossing area yesterday morning. Banks County Sheriff’s spokesperson Sgt Carissa McFaddin tells WNEG News it happened Monday morning about 10:30 at the Northeast Georgia Bank branch on U.S. 441. McFaddin said that at the time of the robbery, the woman was wearing a […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Recreation Department recently joined the North Georgia Youth Football Association, changing the way youth athletes are being trained. Director of the Rec. Department Richard Adams told WNEG News what changes this league brings. “The league that we used to be in and have been in for several years is a recreational league,” said Adams. “Normally, in a […]
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The Georgia House Rural Development Council met in Toccoa last Thursday and Friday and local business owners and other stakeholders in the community gave presentations. The rural council is made up of 15-members who are touring the state through the summer and fall, asking rural communities about policies and programs the state could adopt to help rural areas thrive. Barry […]
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After a nationwide manhunt last week, the two inmates who escaped from a Georgia State Prison were finally apprehended Thursday night in central Tennessee. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, civilians in the area where Ricky Dubose and Donnie Rowe were found assisted in the capturing of the inmates. The GBI reports that the $130,000 reward that was being […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Labor’s Habersham Career Center is hosting a recruitment for ResCare HomeCare, Inc. on June 28. ResCare HomeCare is looking for 60 employees to work in Habersham County and are looking for positions including certified nursing assistants, direct-care or personal-care workers and homemakers. All applicants must be at least 18-years-old and have a high school diploma or […]
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