Author: MJ Kneiser

National Hunting and Fishing Day is coming up later this month. Each year, National Hunting and Fishing Day is on the fourth Saturday of September. The U.S. Congress and President Richard Nixon established this day in 1973 to recognize generations of hunters and anglers for the time and money they donate to wildlife conservation programs So, on Sept. 28, you […]

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa In Stephens County, officials are gearing up for a tire abatement event. At a Stephens County Board of Commissioners meeting in March, the board voted and approved a motion to hold a Scrap Tire Abatement Event. The event is an opportunity for County residents to dispose of unwanted and used tires and comes after […]

The Lavonia Fall Festival is bringing an array of new attractions and favorite regulars this year. This year’s Fall Festival takes place Saturday, Sept. 28, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Lavonia Chamber of Commerce, Chamber Events Coordinator Janet Appling tells WLHR News this year’s event will see a lot of new vendors. “We are going to […]

It has been months of waiting, but Hart County High School Assistant Principal Tracey Stewart finally received word this month her school was chosen out of an application field of thousands of entries to be awarded funding to expand literacy promotion. Through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation youth grant, Stewart and the high school will receive $2,000 to assist in […]

Attorney General Chris Carr has announced that Georgia has joined 49 other attorneys general in a multi-state, bipartisan investigation of Google’s business practices for possible violations of state and federal antitrust laws. The bipartisan coalition announced plans to investigate Google’s overarching control of online advertising markets and search traffic that may have led to anti-competitive behavior that harms consumers. In […]