Author: MJ Kneiser

AAA expects to rescue over 360,000 stranded motorists nationwide over Thanksgiving weekend. The three most common reasons expected for service calls are flat tires, dead batteries, and lockouts. AAA expects more than 49 million Americans to take a Thanksgiving road trip. The Auto Club Group urges them to have their vehicle inspected before leaving home to prevent roadside issues before they happen. […]

Lavonia Police are holding free child car seat safety checks today at the Lavonia Train Depot from 8:30a to 6p. Officers certified in the proper way to install and use child car seats will check your child’s seat and make any recommendations or corrections. Child car seats and booster seats provide protection for infants and children in a crash, yet […]

The Lavonia City Council has voted to annex property owned by Jarrett Foods into the City limits and rezone it B3 Industrial. At a called meeting Tuesday evening, the Council heard from Co-owner of Jarrett Foods, Terry Willis who emphasized his operation will not bring in and kill live chickens, is not a rendering plant, and will not add other […]

Angel trees will soon be going up at the Lavonia and Royston Police Departments to help provide gifts for foster children. Volunteers with Franklin and Hart County Foster Parent Association will be putting up the trees in the lobbies of both departments, according to volunteer Angela Whidby. On each tree are dozens of tags for people to select and each […]

A crash on I-85 Wednesday afternoon brought traffic to a standstill for several hours. According to GSP Trooper William Jordan with the Hartwell Post 52 it happened around noon on I-85 SB near mile marker 172. Trooper Jordan tells WLHR News the driver of a tractor-trailer was in the left lane when he drifted into the center median. When he […]