Category: News

A scheduled power outage will affect the Schaefer Center and Toccoa City Hall in downtown Toccoa this weekend. The outage will take place on Saturday and Sunday, beginning around 8 a.m. until late in the day. City officials said the outage will take place in order for Georgia Power to move power lines in front of the Schaefer Center in […]

Martin Baptist Church, in partnership with the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, will distribute free food to all qualifying residents of the Martin area of Stephens and Franklin counties today. That mobile food pantry will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. today. People should turn off of Highway 17 on to Red Hollow Road by the laundromat and […]

By Taylor Jones, WRBN Radio, Clayton The Rabun County Sheriff’s Office said a teen from Rabun County is missing and could be in danger. According to a post on the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, missing person Ashley Brianna Wayne is a white female, blue eyes, dark brown hair, five feet and five inches tall, 125 pounds. She was […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia has named new managers to oversee the hospital’s departments of surgical services and rehabilitation. Christine Davis, RN, BSN, is now manager of surgical services. Davis grew up in Hart County and received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C. She has been […]

Stephens County is investing in road management software that county officials say is needed for the Public Works Department. Last Tuesday, Stephens County Commissioners unanimously approved the purchase of WEBDPW asset management software and services for the county’s public works department. County Administrator Phyllis Ayers said that the county has been looking since the budget was approved for a program […]

Hours of operation at Georgia Department of Veterans Services offices will change effective March 1. The Department said that in order to keep up with ever-growing administrative time demands, Georgia Department of Veterans Services offices will open to the public one hour later each day starting on March 1. Officials said that service officers will use the hour to work […]

A judge sentences a Cornelia man to a life sentence on a murder conviction in Habersham County. 54-year-old William Douglas Downer was convicted of Felony Murder, Armed Robbery, Burglary, and Aggravated Assault last month in the death of Michael Larry Hill in Habersham County in August 2012. Last week, Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Russell W. “Rusty” Smith sentenced […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The City of Royston is preparing to begin work on their Streetscape Phase III project. Last week, the City of Royston issued an advisory for citizens about possible road closures or delays when the project begins today. Royston City Manager Ed Andrews said motorists can expect construction and some closed roads in the coming […]

North Georgia Technical College was recently recognized in Community College Week Magazine as one of the fastest growing two-year colleges from the latest national data available from fall 2013 to fall 2014. NGTC made the list at number 13 for fastest growing colleges with enrollments between 2,000-3,000 students. Community College Week’s December issue released its annual special report highlighting the […]