Author: MJ Kneiser

Martin Baptist Church in partnership with the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia will again distribute free food to all qualifying residents of the Martin area of Stephens and Franklin Counties on Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. The date for this month is on a special day, Tuesday, January 2, when the Mobile Food Pantry will be there. The […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District is asking you to plan now regarding what to do with your live Christmas tree once the holidays are over. As they do every year, the Corps will be accepting live Christmas trees from December 26 through January 26 at the Hartwell Dam and Lake Project office. Trees may also be dropped […]

Dive teams and rescue crews with the South Carolina DNR have recovered the body of a man who went missing on Lake Hartwell earlier this week. According to Oconee County, SC Coroner Karl Addis, the man is identified as William Shane Haguewood; Age 47. “Shortly after the noon hour today, (Saturday, December 30, 2023) the body of a 47-year-old Fair […]

A Toccoa man has been charged with the stabbing of two people in Stephens County. According to GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles, GBI agents have arrested 39-year-old Christopher Vaughn of Toccoa. He’s charged with one count of murder and two counts of aggravated assault. It happened Thursday morning at a home on Bart Holcomb Road in Stephens County. According to the GBI, […]

In our Year in Review, the City of Lavonia welcomed a new Police Chief. Chief Shane Edmisten was sworn in in late March by Mayor Courtney Umbehant. Afterward, he thanked the City for the confidence they had placed in him. In an interview with WLHR News, Edmisten noted the relatively low crime rate in Lavonia which he said he will […]