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By Susan Poole Warm sunshine dispelled a cold morning as Lavonia’s fourth Boat Expo had its largest variety of boats and lake-related exhibits. Vendors awarded free prizes including a kayak, paddle board, towable float, floating water mat, gift cards and more to lucky winners. Ticket sales for a 50/50 raffle netted over $900 to benefit the Lavonia Food Pantry. Boat […]

If you are a parent of a Franklin County Middle School student, you may have noticed extra law enforcement at the school on Wednesday.  This comes after an alleged threat was made on facebook Tuesday night directed at the school.  According to Franklin County Schools Acting Superintendent Chuck Colquitt, the alleged threat stems from a recent track meet that the […]

The Hartwell Police Department and the Georgia Bureau still need help from the public in solving a double-homicide that occurred last year outside a Hartwell nightclub.  In the early morning hours of September 5, 2022 (Labor Day), gunfire erupted in the parking lot Jack’s Bar & Grille.  Two men were killed in the shooting, 39-year-old Roberius Meqwan Thornton of Hartwell, […]

On Wednesday, WLHR news told you about Emmanuel College’s new Lion Pride Scholarship program being offered to incoming students from Franklin County.  Meanwhile, the college is also rolling out a new scholarship for incoming students from the adjacent counties.  Known as the Community Partnership Program, eligible recipients from Hart, Madison, Banks, or Stephens Counties, in other words the counties that […]

Hart County Voters give a resounding YES to eSPLOST 6.  On Tuesday, voters went to the polls to decide on the education penny sales tax.  Out of the 1,868 votes that were cast day of, early advanced, or absentee by mail, 1,337 voters gave the nod to the eSPLOST (71.77%),  526 voters voted against the eSPLOST (28.23%). Hart County Charter […]