Author: MJ Kneiser

With the Winter Olympics less than a week away, the Better Business Bureau is warning consumers and sports fans to aware of scammers peddling fake Olympic memorabilia online.  According to the Better Business Bureau in Atlanta, a recent search on eBay showed almost 6,000 items for “Sochi 2014” were for sale. Many were authentic re-sales, but some were fraudulent.  One scammer […]

Traffic is flowing once again on I-85 northbound, but it was a tangled mess of traffic early Monday morning because of two separate accidents. Both happened between 6:30a – 6:40a just before the bridge into South Carolina. According to Hart County Sheriff’s office there were no reported injuries, but one northbound lane was closed for a time because of the […]

The Georgia Department of Labor is holding a career expo today in Hartwell at Cateechee Golf Club.  Organizer Danette Smith with the Department of Labor tells WLHR News you don’t have to live in Hart County to attend  the career expo today.  Some of the companies that will be on hand to take resume’s and interview candidates include, Royston LLC, […]

Franklin County’s Board of Commissioners could have a lot to talk about at their regular meeting tonight. While the agenda is fairly short, commissioners never had a chance to discuss any of the line items at a work session last Tuesday night because it was cancelled due to the snow and ice storm and never rescheduled.  That means discussions will […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County will extend the qualifying period for the March special election to fill the seat of the late Harold Andrews on the Stephens County Commission. County Registrar Theresa Kelley said that this week’s winter weather is the reason qualifying will now go an extra day. “Qualifying was supposed to start Wednesday, the 29th, at […]