Author: MJ Kneiser

Traffic is flowing smoothly again along the Hart/Elbert County line but that wasn’t the caseTuesday. Corporal Matt Baxley, Assistattant Commander with the Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post tells WLHR News a tractor trailer overturned Tuesday morning on Ga Hwy 172. It happened about 10a according to Baxley. He said initial investigation found the driver had run off the right shoulder of […]

Franklin County is recipient of a funding award from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Last week, Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) Public Assistance Division Director, Charles Dawson, delivered two checks totaling $138,042.16 to Franklin County Board of Commissioners. County Manager Beth Thomas said FEMA along with GEMA awarded Franklin County these funds to help […]

Three Franklin County citizens are behind bars facing multiple drug charges in two separate incidents. Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas tells WLHR News the first arrest came Wednesday, August 26 when deputies deputies observed a motorist driving erratically exiting I-85 at exit 164 near Carnesville. “As the vehicle traveled down GA Hwy 320, deputies attempted to stop the car but […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County is scrambling to find a County Registrar now that Theresa Kelley has stepped down. Kelley walked out last Thursday, according to county officials, reportedly upset with the County’s consolidation of the County Registrar and Probate Judge offices. Kelley’s resignation was immediate. County Administrator Phyllis Ayers S says the county is moving forward […]

Qualifying is underway in Franklin County for municipal races. Qualifying for city council seats in Carnesville, Lavonia, Canon, Royston, and Franklin Springs got underway Monday and ends Wednesday at the close of business. In Carnesville, two city council seats and the mayor seat are up for grabs. The two seats open are currently held by Gene Eavenson and Sid Ginn […]