Author: MJ Kneiser

A man who drowned Friday in Lake Hartwell is identified as 44-year old  Constantin Pascal. Divers recovered Pascal’s body Saturday evening. According to Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland, a family was boating on the lake at Paynes Creek Campground Friday afternoon. The boat was pulling one of their two children on an innertube. The boy was wearing a life jacket […]

By Rob Moore In Habersham County, a teen has drowned in Lake Russell. Authorities say the pre-teen lost his life while swimming in a 100-acre U.S. Forest Service lake near Mt. Airy Saturday afternoon. Habersham County E-911 received a call at 4:20 p.m. Saturday reporting the individual had been in the swimming area at Lake Russell Beach when he disappeared […]

The Franklin County Board of Elections is now working out of the old Carnesville Elementary School on Hull Ave in Carnesville. Elections Supervisor Tracie Creason said all of the elections equipment is being looked by the State to see if they were damaged by the rain. Creason tells WLHR News the voting machines were all covered and they don’t believe […]

It could not have come at a worse time. The Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter in Lavonia, already overcrowded with dogs desperately needing homes, has been forced to close for two weeks due to an outbreak of the deadly parvovirus. “We had several litters of puppies that we sent to the Greenville Humane Society this week, but a day after they […]

18 suspected gang members have been indicted by a Hart County Grand Jury on a total of 64 counts – everything from racketeering and drug dealing to using a communication device for illegal purposes. Among those indicted are Jaquavious Marquez Waller of Hartwell, and Lendarrius Jaywon Keese of Lavonia, who are also charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the […]