By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A new Georgia State Patrol Post will go up soon in Hart County. Wednesday, the Georgia Board of Public Safety announced it signed off on the beginning of discussions between the GSP and the Hart County Board of Commissioners. The new post in the Gateway II Industrial Park...
There is good news today for those planning trips into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The National Park Service says that U.S. Highway 441, also known as Newfound Gap Road, is back open from Gatlinburg, Tennessee to Cherokee, North Carolina with no restrictions after repairs were made following a landslide along the road...
Stephens County Middle School is preparing for its “After-School CRCT Blitz” over the next couple of weeks. The “blitz” will take place tomorrow and Thursday, April 17 and 18, as well as next Monday and Tuesday, April 22 and 23. Stephens County Middle School said that administrators and teachers have looked at data and...
A multi-county investigation last week leads to numerous arrests in connection to drugs and stolen items. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said it started with an investigation into some shoplifting cases from the Toccoa Wal-Mart. “Detectives with the Police Department had some shoplifting cases and we had video of people walking out of our...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A South Carolina man receives life without parole plus 20 years in a Lavonia murder case. Superior Court Judge John Bailey handed down that sentence Wednesday to 31-year-old Caleb Fielding of Iva, South Carolina. A jury convicted Fielding in November on murder and related charges in the October...
If you have not done your taxes yet, today is the day. Tonight at midnight is the deadline to file federal income tax returns or file a form requesting an extension. Internal Revenue Service Spokesman Mark Green said it is crucial that taxpayers make sure they have filed something by the midnight deadline. “Either...
