Category: News

Work to repair the massive sinkhole on SR51/Reed Creek Highway in Hart County is moving forward on schedule. That’s according to Bayne Smith, Georgia DOT District Engineer for Northeast Georgia. Smith tells WLHR News contractors with E.R. Snell are working closely with Hart County Water and Sewer Authority, Hart County Telephone, and Comcast Cable to relocate their utility lines from […]

In Banks County, nine people are behind bars charged with running what the sheriff’s office is calling quote, “an elaborate multi-million-dollar money laundering and drug-trafficking operation” in Maysville. All nine have already been indicted on eight counts of violation the Georgia Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act. According to a report on Access North Georgia, the alleged offenses involve […]

A hearing will take place in the coming weeks before an independent magistrate judge to determine if a Royston Police officer was at fault when he shot and killed his neighbor’s dog. The incident happened last Wednesday night at the home of Royston Police Captain Kenneth Reynolds on Mt. Olivet Road in Hart County while he was off duty. “We […]

Franklin County now has its own animal control officer. At their regular meeting Monday night, the board heard from county manager John Phillips who said the county is required by law to have some kind of animal control. Phillips cited HB685, otherwise known as the Responsible Dog Ownership Law, which went into effect in 2012. “This is a law that […]

Fire departments and water employees  in a couple of local communities will be flushing fire hydrants later this week. In the Town of Martin, city water workers will be flushing fire hydrants beginning today through Saturday as part of their Corrosion Control Program mandated by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. In Lavonia, Lavonia City firefighters will be out from Saturday […]