Author: MJ Kneiser

This time of year, you might be looking at ways to help children in need have a happy Christmas and there is one group that is often overlooked in our holiday giving. It’s foster children. Children living in foster care often have never had a Christmas or presents and their foster parents struggle to provide some sense of family and […]

Two Stephens County students and two Elbert County students are among a list of 24 students nominated by U.S. Representative Doug Collins to the nation’s four service academies. Tiffany Haddock, and James Carter of Stephens County High School and Jacob Heydinger, and Gino Saponari both of Elbert County Comprehensive High School were nominated by Collins Tuesday. Students must be nominated […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County economic development officials said that Caterpillar plans at this point to wind down operations at its Hayestone-Brady plant the first part of 2016. Stephens County Development Authority Executive Director Tim Martin updated the authority board at its meeting on Thursday. Martin said that Caterpillar is still operating at full power as the […]

Lavonia City Manager Gary Fesperman has retired. On Monday, a drop-in reception was held for Fesperman at the historic Lavonia Train Depot. Fesperman said he was touched by the response from the community to his departure and called his retirement bittersweet. “You look back at what you did and where the City is now compared to where it was and […]

An update on a special proclamation for a special Lavonia resident. We told you last month that the Georgia Municipal Association has encouraged municipalities across the state to proclaim December 1st as Betty Vandiver Day in honor of her efforts on behalf of the cognitively and physically challenged in Georgia’s state homes. The City of Lavonia was one of the […]