Author: MJ Kneiser

Some disappointing news for those of us hoping to watch the spillway gates open at the Hartwell Dam. On Wednesday, the Corps of Engineers Savannah office announced they would not be opening the spillways this week as planned and might not have to open them at all. Corps spokesman Billy Birdwell tells WLHR News the Corps had planned to open […]

Hart County’s Habitat for Humanity is receiving a grant from Lowe’s to help towards their next build. Lowe’s Home Improvement is the national Habitat for Humanity sponsor of Women Build. Last year, Habitat and Lowe’s sponsored the first International Women Build Week helping build homes for dozens of families around the world.  Hart County Habitat will celebrate Women Build Day […]

Two more local governments have declared their support for the Second Amendment. Last week, the Hartwell City Council voted to make Hartwell a Second Amendment Sanctuary municipality. As with the Franklin County Second Amendment Sanctuary Resolution, Hartwell’s resolution states that the City will not use its own resources to enforce any federal government order to enforce gun control laws, but […]

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa In Stephens County, a local family has donated a Best Care Stander to the Stephens County Hospital’s Swing Bed Unit, in memory of their late mother, Pauline Combs. The Combs family presented the stander to hospital staff on Monday. According to Pauline’s eldest son, Randy Combs, before his mother passed away, she was a […]

Few details are being released in the death of Franklin Springs Police Chief John Thomas. Thomas passed away Monday and the investigation has been turned over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles tells WLHR News Thomas’ body was sent to the GBI Crime Lab for autopsy and no other information will be released until the autopsy […]