Category: News

Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa In the midst of budget issues, the Stephens County School System is again looking for a new finance director. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey says that Misty Cleveland has resigned from the position effective next month. The Board Of Education accepted her resignation earlier this week.   Dorsey says he plans to begin the search […]

 Lavonia Police are asking for the public’s help to find the man who tried to kidnap a young woman. It happened Tuesday evening , according to Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle. He said the 17-year old was jogging in the downtown area when a man tried to grab her. “At about 5:30p Tuesday, the woman was out exercising and when […]

The third of three public hearings takes place this evening on the Franklin County’s school board’s plan to raise its millage. Last week, the board held two public hearings to give citizens an opportunity to ask questions and express their opinions. During the public hearings, Franklin County School’s Finance Director Tom Porter explained the reason for the 1.75 increase in […]

If you have child who plays sports or are a coach of one of the may local youth sports programs, you might want to take advantage of a free seminar coming up on the problem of concussions and youth sports. The Lavonia Chapter of the Pilot Club is partnering with other local Pilot Club chapters to offer the free seminar […]

More job seekers in our area appear to be looking elsewhere for employment. That’s according to Micah Thomas, a trainer with the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission Workforce Development.  Thomas said their mobile training will be coming back to Franklin and Hart counties in the coming weeks. The training bus first came to our area back in March, and each time, […]