Deadline to Sign Up for Salvation Army’s Disaster Training is Today

The deadline to sign up to take part in the disaster training classes offered by the Salvation Army in Toccoa is today. During a disaster, The Salvation Army relies upon trained disaster workers to coordinate emergency relief operations and deliver fast, efficient services to disaster survivors. Those workers are typically volunteers and next week, the Toccoa Salvation Army office will […]

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Gov. Kemp Signs Legislation Cutting Red Tape for Women-, Minority-, and Veteran-owned Businesses

Governor Brian P. Kemp, accompanied by First Lady Marty Kemp, Rep. Soo Hong, Sen. Mike Hodges, local and state leaders, and representatives from the state’s business community, signed House Bill 128 into law today at a ceremony in Augusta. The bill, sponsored by Representative Soo Hong and co-sponsored by Representatives Steven Sainz, Josh Bonner, Reynaldo Martinez, Al Williams, and David […]

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Lapsitting Learners Project in Need of Books for Preschool, Kindergarten Children

The Lapsitting Learners Project is in need of more book donations for students at Lavonia Elementary School. Project Chairwoman Susan Poole tells WLHR News hundreds of books have been donated from teachers, parents, and grandparents whose children have outgrown their storybooks and so far this school year, the project has delivered more than 250 children’s books to Lavonia Elementary kindergarten […]

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Lavonia Man Charged With Sexual Exploitation of Children

A Lavonia man has been arrested and charged with one count of Sexual Exploitation of Children by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit. GBI spokeswoman Natalie Ammons tells WLHR News the GBI CEACC Unit began an investigation into Dickerson’s online activity after receiving a cyber tip line report from the National Center for Missing and […]

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