Author: MJ Kneiser

A reminder for parents of Lavonia Elementary School students who drop off and pick up their students that changes take effect when school starts this week on how that will work. Beginning Thursday, there will be a new route for vehicles and school buses. At their work session in December, the Board of Education heard from Lavonia Elementary School Principal […]

In our top stories of 2023, the need for more affordable residential housing saw the City of Lavonia welcome an upscale apartment complex and the start of a new subdivision near the downtown area. In March, City and County officials attended a ribbon cutting for Phase 1 of a new upscale apartment complex near St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital. Called […]

Continuing our Year in Review, the Franklin County Board of Education took several steps in 2023 to make sure students are safe when they’re at school. After several incidents in 2022 as well as an incident in January of this year involving students bringing weapons to school, the Board of Education began work in earnest to install new safety equipment […]

And 2023 ended with some upsets in local municipal elections and some announcements regarding upcoming races in 2024. In the municipal races, the City of Royston saw two upsets for City Council posts. Three Council seats were up for grabs. Incumbent councilman Jason Phillips won another term for the Post 2 seat over challenger Wesley Fricks. But longtime incumbent councilmen […]

A high-speed chase through Hartwell ended up with the vehicle hitting the Berelc Law office in downtown Hartwell. According to Justin Berelc, it happened Saturday night when the suspect law enforcement was chasing slammed into the front of the building. Berelc said anyone with appointments this week in Hartwell should call his office. WLHR News will have more details as […]