Author: MJ Kneiser

The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety is joining the Georgia Department of Public Health Office of Injury Prevention, to encourage parents and caregivers across Georgia to ensure their precious cargo is riding in a properly-installed car seat or booster seat. This is National Child Passenger Safety Week and this year, educational events will be held throughout Georgia in local communities. […]

District 2 Public Health’s Chronic Disease Prevention Program, Franklin County Schools, The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, and Family Connection are asking parents and the public to mark their calendars to attend a free talk on the dangers of vaping, especially for teens. The seminar will take place Tuesday, October 15 from 6p to 7:30p at Lavonia First Baptist Church […]

The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) contractors have implemented daytime lane closures on I-85 northbound and southbound for final asphalt paving work for the project’s completion. Work began Monday, and is expected to last for approximately four weeks, weather permitting. Motorists in either direction should expect single-lane closures on I-85 between State Route (SR) 11/US 129 and US 441, […]

Toccoa Chief of Police Jimmy Mize Tenders has tendered his resignation. According to a report by sister station WNEG, Mize resigned last Thursday morning effective immediately. Details surrounding Mize’s resignation have not been made known and Mize would only release a short statement in which he said, “It is with a host of mixed emotions that I am turning in […]

In Habersham County, Habersham County Environmental Health Director Marcus Hall has confirmed that a raccoon that had contact with a pet in the Habersham Mills area has tested positive for rabies. Habersham County Animal Care and Control Director Madi Nix said a large, older dog was bitten in the face Sept. 5 by the raccoon on Roberts Road. The exposure […]