Author: MJ Kneiser

Scammers love to bring back the good old employment scams whenever the economy threatens to dip. BBB Scam Tracker has gotten multiple reports of a new job scam twist that involves downloading a messaging app. How the scam works You receive a message from someone interested in hiring you. It might come through email, text, or even a social media […]

Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland is asking for the public’s help in locating the suspect in the double homicide that happened Monday. “We still need information from the public,” Cleveland said Tuesday morning. “Somebody knows something.” According to Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland, it happened on Redwine Church Road early Monday afternoon. “At about 1:10 Monday, the Sheriff’s office received […]

Candidates for the Franklin County Board of Education office spoke out recently on their respective platforms for the Board of Education Posts 4 and 5 at a politcal forum. The forum was also heard in its entirety this past Sunday here on 92.1 WLHR. For the Post 4 seat, incumbent Alan Mitchell is running against challenger Greg Carey. Mitchell is […]

The Franklin Springs City Council is holding a called meeting this evening to sign an intergovernmental agreement with the newly reformed Downtown Development Authority. In April, the City Council voted to bring back the DDA, which had been non-active for several years. At the time, Mayor Lee Moore told WLHR News bringing back the DDA will help with the town’s […]

St. Mary’s Healthcare in Athens has opened a new guest cottage to serve families of seriously ill patients. Called the St. Mary’s Mercy Guest Cottage, the home opened March 30th and sits on the campus of Highland Hills Village on Jennings Mill Road. The cottage was the idea of the Stephens family whose son had died in an Atlanta hospital […]