Category: News

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio In Toccoa, Police have made an arrest in a gas station burglary this week. It happened at the Texaco on the corner of Broad and West Currahee Sts. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, 48-year-old Carlos Dominguez Sanchez, of Atlanta, has been arrested. Mize says surveillance cameras captured images of Sanchez throwing a brick […]

Bulldogs Battling Breast Cancer (BBBC) and their partners at St. Mary’s Health Care System came together Feb. 21 at Chops and Hops in Watkinsville to celebrate BBBC’s donation of $250,000 to St. Mary’s breast health services, the most the 20-year-old BBBC has ever raised in a single year. “We feel truly honored to be the chosen beneficiary of BBBC fundraising […]

By State Representative Alan Powell, HD 33 The Georgia General Assembly returned to the State Capitol for the final two days of the 2023 legislative session on Monday, March 27, and Wednesday, March 29. This marks the start of a 40-day window for Gov. Kemp to decide which measures he will sign into law, and which he will veto. Here […]

It’s been less than two weeks since new Lavonia Police Chief Shane Edmisten has been on the job but he is already outlining some goals. In an interview with WLHR News Monday, Edmisten noted the relatively low crime rate in Lavonia which he said he will work to keep that way. However, he said that doesn’t mean his department can […]

Weather permitting, kids and their parents are invited to an Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday at Lavonia City Park. Sponsored by the Lavonia Downtown Development Authority in partnership with Chick-fil-A of Lavonia, and the Lavonia Church of God, the hunt takes place this Saturday afternoon from 2p to 4p, according to DDA Executive Director Barbara Busby. “The actual egg hunt […]