Author: MJ Kneiser

To mark the start of the 2024 School Year, and in celebration of Toccoa’s 150th anniversary, the City of Toccoa will be hosting a carnival that will bring rides and other family-friendly fun for students and parents. The carnival will run three days – from Thursday, August 15 through Saturday, August 17 from 3p to 11p at Boyd Field behind […]

In Hart County, the Hartwell City Council and Board of Commissioners will wait another year before putting a TSPLOST referendum on the ballot. At a recent joint meeting with Hart County Commissioners, the Council pushed for the referendum to be on the November 2025 ballot instead of this year. Commission Chair Marshal Sayer tells WLHR News at this late date […]

As Franklin County Schools get closer to opening day this Friday, they are holding open houses today and tomorrow at each school. The open houses are an opportunity for students and parents to meet their new teacher and tour their new classroom, as well as ask any questions they may have. The Middle School and High School will be holding […]

Corporal Lucas Watts, the Oconee County, SC Sheriff’s Deputy who was shot in the line of duty last November has been named Deputy of the Year by the South Carolina Sheriff’s Association. The award came during the Association’s annual Conference Award Banquet on July 17th in Myrtle Beach. Corporal Watts was nominated by Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw and was […]

The Lake Hartwell Community Bible Study class will begin another term on Wednesday, August 28 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Lavonia First Baptist Church at 95 Bowman St. in Lavonia. The Lake Hartwell Community Bible Study is an interdenominational, in-depth class for women of all ages and all levels of Bible knowledge. Alexis Livesay is the Teaching Director for Community Bible […]