Author: MJ Kneiser

The Lavonia Chamber of Commerce is developing a plan to provide storybooks for Lavonia Elementary School’s kindergarten students and their younger siblings and they need your help. Chamber volunteer Susan Poole tells WLHR News the project is called, Lapsitting Learners. “We are asking for donations of books appropriate for children from infancy to age five. We know many parents have […]

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Preparations are underway for this year’s annual Currahee Military Weekend in Toccoa-Stephens County and the call is out for vendors. The Stephens County Historical Society is looking for licensed food vendors and non-profit community organizations that would like to participate in the festivities. The annual event began in 2001 as a way to honor […]

St. Mary’s Healthcare has announced a new physician is now on staff in the office of Dr. Paul Raber and Lighthouse Family Practice in Lavonia. Dr. Lauren Hearn, DO joined Lighthouse on August 28 is a primary care physician is providing both family medicine and obstetrics care. Lighthouse is part of St. Mary’s Medical Group and its physicians have privileges […]

Georgia’s unemployment rate dipped in July by a percentage point to 3.6 percent. That’s down from 3.8 percent a year ago and down slightly from the national rate last month, which stood at 3.7 percent. Georgia’s labor force slipped again in July, dropping by less than 1,000 versus a total work force of more than 5.1 million. Even with the […]

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Senator John Wilkinson hosted the first meeting of the Senate Study Committee on Reducing Georgia’s Cost of Doing Business this past week at the Georgia State Capitol. Wilkinson said the meeting included several presentations including ones from Tiger Joyce with the American Tort Reform Association; Cary Silverman with the US Chamber of Commerce; and […]