Author: MJ Kneiser

The City of Royston will take time tonight to honor two outgoing City Councilmen for their many years of public service. Citizens are invited to attend a special reception for Post 6 Councilman Wayne Braswell and Post 4 Councilman Lee Strickland. In the November election, both Councilmen ran for re-election but lost to their challengers. Tony McCollum will assume the […]

We’ve been keeping up this holiday season with efforts by the local chapter of Toys for Tots to provide toys and gifts to families in need. The local chapter serves Franklin, Hart, and Elbert counties. WLHR News caught up with director Mike Prather last week as he and his wife along with volunteers were sorting, bagging, and distributing toys at […]

A Toccoa teacher has been awarded a $1,000 grant from the Department of Natural Resources 2023-24 Conservation Teacher of the Year grant. Jina Harris, a third-grade teacher at The Learning Tree Academy’s Outdoor Learning School has been awarded the grant for her proposal to design and install a native pollinator garden. The annual award goes to a kindergarten through fifth-grade […]

Winter temperatures are here and Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King is asking all Georgians to exercise extra caution while using home heating equipment to keep warm. If used carelessly, heating equipment such as space heaters and fireplaces can become fire hazards. According to the latest Home Heating Fires report from the National Fire Prevention Association, an average […]