Category: News

Georgia drivers across the state have made it through the first week of the newly enforced Hands-Free Driving Law. However, not all drivers have agreed to put down their phone while they drive. According to the Georgia State Patrol, just seven days after the law went into effect on July 1, 179 tickets and 795 warnings have been issued to […]

It’s an exciting week for City of Lavonia residents as well as citizens from Franklin and Stephens Counties with the grand opening of the new Chick-Fil-A restaurant Thursday. But the grand opening Thursday will be preceded by the Company’s traditional First 100 Campout on Wednesday. Chick-fil-A Operator Will Lowe says customers are invited to come campout and wait for the […]

By Mark Berryman, WLHR News A group of missionaries from Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Hartwell are still stranded, unable to return home because of civil unrest in Haiti. Haitains have been rioting in protest of the government’s decision to raise gas prices from $4 to $7 a gallon. According to Associated Press reports, the average Haitian earns only $2 […]

By Mark Berryman, WLHR North Georgia Technical College will be hosting the first Program Preview on their Currahee campus as a way to introduce prospective students to the many options they offer for post-high school education. The campus is located at 9238 Highway 17 between Toccoa and Lavonia. Leslie McFarlin, Dean of Academic Affairs at North Georgia Technical College talks […]

According to officials, on Sunday afternoon, troopers with the Georgia State Patrol were dispatched to an accident on Big A. Road, in the area of Wendy’s and O’Reilly’s. While on scene, troopers discovered that at least one individual was trapped inside their vehicle. For more than an hour, responders worked to free the person from the vehicle. Due to the […]

The 2018 Independence Day travel period claimed 5 lives this year. According to the Georgia State Patrol, the 30-hour holiday period began on Tuesday, July 3, at 6:00 p.m. and ended Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. Statewide, GSP troopers investigated 131 traffic crashes that resulted in 59 injuries. Troopers also investigated two fatal crashes. The fatal crashes occurred in Brooks and […]

Best Selling Author and renown speaker Stephen Gower will be retiring from public speaking, on Thursday, July 12. Gower is a native of Stephens County. Acura & Volvo of Athens has arranged for Gower to present in Toccoa, at the Currahee Military Museum’s Mitchell Allen Meeting Room from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. For 50 years, Gower has impacted innumerable […]

Article by Mark Berryman, WLHR Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas has reported yet another major drug bust after a traffic stop on I-85. According to the report, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office deputies seized more than 100 pounds of marijuana as the result of stopping a speeding vehicle. Thomas told WNEG News about the traffic stop. “On June 28 at approximately […]

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is issuing data regarding drug exhibits submitted to the Crime Lab for testing by law enforcement agencies in Georgia that contain counterfeit pills. So far in fiscal year 2018, the crime lab tested 100 exhibits of counterfeit pills. Counterfeit pills do not contain the drug indicated by the markings and often contain strong opioids […]

Early Voting for the May general primary runoff election began this week in Stephens County. Stephens County Registrar Bill Cochran told WNEG News, on Thursday, that 136 residents have cast early ballots. “Early voting for the runoff, the May 22 election primary, started on July 2, and the first two days, July 2, and July 3, we were having more […]