Category: News

Franklin County Commissioners are asking for employee as well as public input on revisions made to their employee handbook. The Board has been reviewing the revisions suggested by county clerk Elaine Evans.  Last August Evans listed a number of problems with the handbook, including outdated policies on when medical insurance should start for new employees, bereavement leave, and changes to […]

A Hart County High School freshman is the winner of the 2014 Hartwell American Legion Post 109 High School Oratorical Contest.  The contest was held Saturday evening in Hartwell.  Winning the competition is Zach Tellano, who beat out six other contestants from the Hart, Franklin and Stephens County area.  Tellano is the son of Randy and Ruth Daniels of Hartwell.  […]

With the Winter Olympics less than a week away, the Better Business Bureau is warning consumers and sports fans to aware of scammers peddling fake Olympic memorabilia online.  According to the Better Business Bureau in Atlanta, a recent search on eBay showed almost 6,000 items for “Sochi 2014” were for sale. Many were authentic re-sales, but some were fraudulent.  One scammer […]

Traffic is flowing once again on I-85 northbound, but it was a tangled mess of traffic early Monday morning because of two separate accidents. Both happened between 6:30a – 6:40a just before the bridge into South Carolina. According to Hart County Sheriff’s office there were no reported injuries, but one northbound lane was closed for a time because of the […]

The Georgia Department of Labor is holding a career expo today in Hartwell at Cateechee Golf Club.  Organizer Danette Smith with the Department of Labor tells WLHR News you don’t have to live in Hart County to attend  the career expo today.  Some of the companies that will be on hand to take resume’s and interview candidates include, Royston LLC, […]