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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack kicked off National Homeownership Month by highlighting USDA’s ongoing role to help residents of America’s small towns and cities purchase homes in rural areas. “Owning a home is one of the best ways American families enter the middle class,” Vilsack said. “USDA has helped provide homeownership for rural Americans for more than six decades. This year, […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Stephens County Board of Education will not have a budget approved for Fiscal Year 2016 by June 30. At Thursday’s Stephens County Board of Education work session, Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey updated the board on the Fiscal Year 2016 budget process. Dorsey said that a number of factors have led to […]

Early voting for the Lavonia City council Post 1 seat ends today. Early voting began May 25 at the Franklin County Board of Elections and Registrations office in Carnesville.  Elections Supervisor Gina Chappalear said, as expected, early voter turnout has been low. “We had 20 come into the office to early vote and I have sent out 12 absentee ballots,” […]

Residents and business owners in and around the downtown Lavonia area are asked to be on the lookout for a raccoon that is likely rabid. The raccoon appeared Thursday afternoon about 4p in front of the WLHR studios. A WLHR employee spotted the raccoon scratching at a large flower pot in the front of the building.  It then started scratching […]

Work in Lavonia is continuing on a couple of water and sewer projects. At their regular meeting last week, City Manager Gary Fesperman said the raw water allocation request to draw more water out of Lake Hartwell is moving forward with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The City is requesting a larger allocation of water from the lake to […]