Category: News

The Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter has broken ground on its new dog adoption wing but the fundraising continues. According to Shelter Board member Pam Stone, they need to raise about $450,000 to complete the new addition. This month, they will be holding another event to raise money and it will be breakfast at the Longhorn Steakhouse in Lavonia.  The restaurant doesn’t […]

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County is holding two local run-off elections on the 21st and the deadline to request an absentee ballot application is this Friday. According to Stephens County Election Supervisor Krista Terry, June 10 is the final day to submit an application requesting an absentee ballot for the runoff. Additionally, Terry says her office will […]

If you’ve traveled down I-85 southbound recently you will have encountered miles of road construction as the Georgia Dept of Transportation continues to work to add extra lanes and rebuild bridges. On Monday, G-DOT announced that they will complete this current phase of construction implementing a southbound traffic shift this weekend. Crews will shift traffic onto the three new southbound […]

We don’t usually report on gas prices, but Georgia gas prices have increased again at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $4.27 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. In our area, the average price of a gallon of unleaded as of Monday was still $4.29 but that is expected to […]

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners will meet tonight to vote on the final budget for the fiscal year 2023.  On Tuesday, County Commissioners held a budget hearing and work session to discuss the final details of the budget.  According to the County, the proposed FY23 budget expenditures total $24,868,650.  That’s an increase of a little more than $1.8 million from […]