Author: Charlie Bauder

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Two years ago, the Franklin County Board of Elections and Registrations announced it planned to consolidate voting precincts. But the idea did not receive support from the voting public and the matter seemed to have been dropped. However on Wednesday, the Elections Board once again announced it plans to consolidate voting precincts from the […]

It is a big week in the Stephens County school system. Teachers in Stephens County head back today (Monday) in preparation of the first day of classes for students on Friday. This year marks a big change for Stephens County Schools after the re-structuring of Grades Pre-K through 5 and the closing of Eastanollee Elementary School. Starting this year, Pre-K […]

The Stephens County Development Authority and an incoming industry are working together on an effort designed to make the county more attractive to another prospective company. At a called meeting on Friday morning, the Development Authority unanimously voted to accept free dirt from Nifco KTW and hire a company for grading work at another site in the Hayestone-Brady Business Park. […]

Toccoa City Commissioners are expected to set the tax millage rate for 2015 at their meeting later today. The city commission meets at Toccoa City Hall in the commission meeting room at 5 p.m. today. When city commissioners put together and approved the Fiscal Year 2016 budget, they planned it around no increase in the millage rate. Meanwhile, the city […]

Toccoa will be on TV tonight. The TV show, “Diggers,” recently came to Toccoa as part of its search for World War I and World War II artifacts from training camps and airfields in the South. Camp Toccoa and the Currahee Military Museum will be a part of the show. The episode is schedule to air tonight at 10:00 p.m. […]

A northeast Georgia state representative receives an appointment to a state-level overview committee. Last week, Georgia House Speaker David Ralston announced the appointment of State Representative Terry Rogers of Clarkesville to the Georgia World Congress Center Authority Overview Committee. The GWCCA Overview Committee is responsible for monitoring and reviewing the operations of the GWCCA. Members will serve for a term […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Parks White and his staff are finally getting the new offices he has been asking for. At its regular meeting held recently, the Hart County Board of Commissioners voted to move the DA’s office to the Suite D offices on Cade Street across from the old Hart County Hospital. […]

A University of Georgia student suggests landscape and other aesthetic improvements to Toccoa. Thursday, Toccoa business and government leaders heard from UGA landscape architecture student Megan Hull. Hull worked on projects for the city through UGA’s Downtown Renaissance Fellowship. Through the fellowship, Hull worked with the city on landscape designs and signage for a number of city properties. She said […]

The Georgia Department of Transportation is announcing a construction project it says will improve the safety on some of Northeast Georgia’s curviest highways. The DOT said it awarded a project this week to Triangle Grading and Paving Inc. of Burlington, North Carolina for more than $3.15 million. Work will include adding reflective raised pavement markers, reflective striping and additional signage. […]