Author: MJ Kneiser

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey receives a new three-year contract. Following an executive session at Tuesday’s meeting, the Stephens County Board of Education voted unanimously to authorize a new three-year contract for Dorsey that would run through April 2018. Board of Education Chair Tony Crunkleton said there were two reasons he felt a […]

By David Stephens, WSGC Radio, Elberton A new business may be soon coming to Elbert County, more specifically, the City of Bowman. At the Bowman City Council’s work session earlier this week, Jermie and Amy Tank came before council with a proposal to open Bowman Recycling in the currently vacant LB Berryman Building, known as the Old Bowmart Building. Jermie […]

Hart County School Superintendent Jerry Bell has resigned. WLHR News has obtained a copy of an email from a reliable source that Bell sent to school system employees Wednesday afternoon. In that email, Bell said he has been named the sole finalist for the Superintendent’s position in, “another school system in another county,” but he did not mention which county. […]

Strong winds today are being blamed on a plane crash in Hart County. A representative from the Federal Aviation Administration will be in Hartwel to investigate a small plane crash. It happened Wednesday morning at a small air strip on Mt. Olivet Road in Hartwell. Hart County EMA Director Terrell Partain said the pilot and his father were attempting to […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Stephens County School Board has voted to close an elementary school and restructure the other three. Tuesday evening, the board voted to close Eastanollee Elementary School on SR17 just outside town.  The vote was unanimous. School Board Chair Tony Crunkleton said afterwards it was an incredibly difficult decision for board members. “It has […]