Author: Charlie Bauder

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The honor students of the Franklin County High School Class of 2015 are honored by the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce. This year’s STAR Student, STAR Teacher, Valedictorian and Salutatorian along with 41 honors students and their parents were recognized by the Chamber and treated to a breakfast Friday morning at the Swails Center […]

Toccoa City Commissioners are expected to open bids for two different items at their regularly scheduled meeting later today. The city commission is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. today at Toccoa City Hall. During the meeting, city commissioners are expected to open bids for both two scag industrial mowers for the Pines Golf Course and a patrol vehicle for […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The search for a South Carolina man on Lake Hartwell missing since early February may be over. On Sunday, the body of a white male was discovered in Lake Hartwell on the Georgia side near Shoal Creek by a fisherman. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement officer Craig Fulghum said the body was […]

The Stephens County School System continues to wait on its Fiscal Year 2014 audit. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey said that state auditors still have not begun the process of conducting the audit for the fiscal year that ended back in July. “At this point, I do not think the Department of Audits has responded to our request to […]

9th District U.S. Representative Doug Collins will hold his Ninth District Veterans Benefits Fair this week. The fair will take place on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at 10:00 am for United States military veterans in Northeast Georgia. It will be held at the Fannin County Senior Center in Blue Ridge. During the fair, Rep. Collins’ constituent service representatives will work […]

A Stephens County High School graduate is working towards a doctorate with the hopes that she will be able to help the living overcome their own skeletal challenges. 24-year-old Melanie Boeyer is working on her Ph.D. in Biomedical Science and has recently been accepted to Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She is focusing on the knee joint for her […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The Hartwell office of the Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney is closed due to dangers from lead paint. According to Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Parks White, old, chipped paint falling form the ceiling, along with other structural problems make the building unsafe for his employees. White said the old jail house building was […]

Daylight saving time starts this weekend and that means it is time to move clocks ahead one hour Saturday night. Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, said, however, that changing clocks is not the only thing a person should do before going to bed Saturday night. “You are going to lose an hour but what I want you […]

The Stephens County school system is accepting bids from companies who may be interested in trying to find a way to upgrade some of the school system’s infrastructure without costing the school system additional funding. The Stephens County Board of Education heard a proposal last month from an energy savings company. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey said the issue […]