Category: News

A Connecticut company has been fined by the U.S. Department of Labor for withholding wages from its employees at their Jefferson, Georgia facility. After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) fined Hubbell Inc., a lighting manufacturer, was ordered to pay $138,753 in back wages and liquidated damages to 829 employees. The U.S. Department […]

No update on the portion of road, washed out by the excessive rainfall, on Highway 123 has been released. The portion of road was washed out on Thursday, creating a break in a Westminster water main.  Highway 123, that connects western Oconee with Georgia, is closed to all traffic, following the sinkhole that opened up. The portion of road is […]

For over two weeks, the Toccoa Police Department continues its search for the suspect responsible for an armed robbery and home invasion that occurred at a residence on Collins Road. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, on February 7, officers were dispatched to 532 Collins Road in reference to a robbery. The homeowner was in his dining room when […]

A Martin man is being charged with DUI among other violations after a head-on collision Friday morning. The incident happened shortly before 8 a.m. on Georgia Highway 145 at Kay Road. According to the Georgia State Patrol, Matthew Daniel Seay, 35, of Martin was driving north on Hwy 145 in the southbound lane. Sheryl Hitt Farmer, 72, of Toccoa was […]

The 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 […]

Three 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 […]

In 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 […]

Stephens 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 […]