Category: News

If you’re looking for some fall events this weekend, Hartwell is the place to be. The Pilot Club of Hartwell and Southern Hart Brewery Co are sponsoring Depot Days and HartOber Fest. Depot Days will feature approximately 35 vendors along Depot Street offering unique arts and crafts for sale, along with homemade goods and produce. Local shops and restaurants on […]

Just a reminder for pet owners who need to get their dog or cat vaccinated for rabies. The Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter is holding its fall rabies clinic this Saturday from 10a to 2p at the shelter on Bear Creek Road in Lavonia. Shelter Manager Tammie Jourdenais tells WLHR News the clinic is for anyone who wants to bring their […]

The opening day of deer firearms season is this Saturday and continues through Jan. 8, 2023. “We are shaping up for an excellent deer season. Last season, the buck harvest dipped a little, so hopefully, we will have more mature bucks this year,” said Charlie Killmaster, state deer biologist for the Wildlife Resources Division. However, Killmaster reminds hunters that there […]

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Toccoa Police have recently recovered two bodies. First, an elderly missing Toccoa woman was found dead last Sunday. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, 78-year-old Bonnie Kay Mayes was reported missing from her residence off of Presley Street near Falls Road on Friday, October 14. After forming a search party officers with the […]

The Franklin County Industrial Building Authority has voted to offer an incentive package to NVR Homes. The Board voted after going into executive session Tuesday afternoon. NVR Homes is planning to build a 145,000-square-foot building on 184 acres off Old Federal Highway in Carnesville where they will make trusses for new homes they’re constructing in Georgia. In addition to the […]