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If you’re a cat owner who feeds your cat Natural Balance canned cat food, there’s a recall. The J. M. Smucker Company has announced a voluntary recall of one lot of Natural Balance® Ultra Premium Chicken & Liver Paté Formula canned cat food due to elevated levels of choline chloride. The Company has received reports of adverse reactions in cats […]

Franklin County Commissioners have postponed their July regular meeting and the Planning and Zoning public hearing after an employee in the County Commission office tested positive last week for COVID-19. County Manager Beth Thomas issued the notice late Saturday night. “Out of an abundance of caution for the public, a majority of the Board has opted to postpone the regular […]

The Hart County Charter System is sponsoring a Back to School Blast but it’s a little different this year. Their goal is to help collect donations of school supplies for students for the upcoming school year. Parents and caregivers will pick up the supplies on Saturday, July 25 from 9a to 11a at Hart County High School. However, Assistant School […]

The Franklin-Hart County Airport Authority is receiving a large grant from the Georgia Department of Transportation for a new Automated Weather Observing System at the Airport. An Automated Weather Observing System units provide continuous, real-time information and reports on airport weather conditions for pilots. Airport Authority President Eddie Addison tells WLHR News the Board applied for the grant because the […]

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa A plaque recognizing the history of the Civil Rights movement in Toccoa now hangs in the Historic Ritz Theatre in Toccoa. Mistress of ceremonies Danyelle King began the program by reading a quote about the significance of a community knowing its history. Toccoa Improvement Association President Marie Cochran read the inscription of the plaque […]