Author: MJ Kneiser

The Franklin County Lions baseball game against the Stephens County Indians takes place tonight in Toccoa. Tonight’s game was postponed from last night due to rain. The Lions will take on the Indians tonight with first pitch at 6 p.m. You can hear tonight’s game on our sister station WNEG Radio in Toccoa beginning at 5:45 p.m. Then the Lions […]

Now that the weather is beginning to turn warmer, people are already out on boats and personal watercraft on Hartwell Lake. And that’s one reason why the local chapter of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 24 is holding a boating safety class this weekend. The class will be held this Saturday in the lower level of the Hart County […]

The City of Lavonia is reviewing how to improve its Human Resources Department structure. At their meeting last week, City Mayor Courtney Umbehant recommended the City work with the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission. Cost to the City the Mayor said would be about $4,500 and the review he said would take about four months to complete. City Manager Charles Cawthon […]

As we’ve been telling you, the April 15 federal tax filing deadline is next Monday and the Internal Revenue Service announced Monday that it will open more than 70 Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TACs) around the country on Saturday, April 13, for face-to-face help. This special help is available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time. At some TACs, people […]

Plans are in the works for this year’s National Day of Prayer. As they do every year, the Interdenominational Women’s Bible Study will host a prayer service on the grounds of the Hart County Courthouse on May 2 beginning at noon. Spokesperson Judy Voigt tells WLHR News this year’s theme is LIFT UP THE WORD/LIGHT UP THE WORLD based on […]