Category: News

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The search for a new city manager for the city of Lavonia is moving forward. Current Lavonia City Manager Gary Fesperman is retiring at the end of the year. Last week, he gave the Lavonia City Council and Mayor Ralph Owens an update on the search. Fesperman said they have garnered interest in the […]

Stephens County Commissioners will hold the first public hearing on the county’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget at their meeting this morning. County commissioners will meet at 8:30 a.m. today in the second-floor courtroom of the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. The first item on the commission agenda is that budget public hearing. Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers […]

The city of Toccoa will head back to the drawing board when it comes to the purchase of some equipment for the golf course. Monday, city commissioners voted unanimously to reject all bids received for the purchase of some pieces of golf course equipment. Last month, the city received two bids for equipment like a greens mower and a truckster […]

It is official. After months of negotiations and state review, St. Mary’s Health Care System of Athens has confirmed that it has acquired Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center in Lavonia retroactive to and effective on June 1. St. Mary’s confirmed that everything officially went through late Friday. With the sale now official, Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center is now officially […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The City of Royston will be hosting the Northeast Georgia Economic Development Symposium next month. According to Royston Main Street Executive Director Candy Rhoades, this is the first such symposium of its kind in Northeast Georgia and will take place on Thursday, July 23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Royston Housing […]

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comments on a draft version of the revised State Wildlife Action Plan. Often called SWAP, this plan outlines the steps that the DNR and partner organizations follow to conserve native wildlife and habitats before they become rarer and more costly to protect. The SWAP is required by Congress for DNR and […]

Stephens County marks D-Day. On Saturday, the Camp Toccoa at Currahee Project held its fourth annual D-Day run at Currahee Mountain. Runners and walkers got up early in the morning to travel the “three miles up and three miles down” Currahee Mountain, following in the footsteps of the paratroopers who ran that mountain as part of their training for World […]

Toccoa City Commissioners are scheduled to meet today for a regular meeting. That meeting starts at 5 p.m. in the commission meeting room at Toccoa City Hall. During the meeting, the city commission is expected to consider a bid for golf course equipment. At its May 11 meeting, the city commission received bids for equipment out at the golf course […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Franklin County’s cash reserves are almost depleted and to get those reserves built back up, it must raise its millage rate in Fiscal Year 2016. That was the conclusion of Franklin County Manager Beth Thomas’ Fiscal Year 2016 budget presentation last Monday night to the Franklin County Board of Commissioners. Thomas said that while […]

The judge in the Wilbros’ case makes a clarification in his last court order. Last week, Judge Robert Adamson issued what is called an “amended and restated emergency order.” Stephens County Attorney Brian Ranck said that the judge amended the original order from late March in order to clarify that it only applies to the Toccoa site. Ranck said there are […]