Category: News

For the third year in a row, the FCHS Theatre Team is the Region 8 AAA Champion Title after competing against five other high schools in the region. Theatre teacher Chelsea Moon Henry tells WLHR News the team won with their production of Running Upstream – a one-act play about a teen who has physical disabilities and how he transitions […]

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Ninth District Opportunity is asking citizens, businesses, and civic organizations to participate in a Reverse Giving Calendar. Ninth District Opportunity Community Resource Coordinator Paula Duley in the Toccoa office says during the month of November, each day an item is added to a box to help provide food to struggling families and individuals in […]

Georgia Department of Transportation construction partners are continuing their work on I-85 northbound and southbound in Franklin County near the Banks County line, which means motorists can expect delays and lane closures. Speeds will be reduced to 60 mph in the work zone area. Work began Wednesday and will continue for the next three weeks – mainly in the overnight […]

Four resolutions for alcohol sales in unincorporated Franklin County have been approved by voters. They include a resolution for Sunday Sales by the Drink, a resolution for Sunday Package Sales, a resolution for Package Sales of Distilled Spirits, and a resolution for Sale of Distilled Spirits by the Drink. The results are as follows: Sunday Sales by the Drink: Yes: […]

LAVONIA CITY COUNCIL: POST 1: Michael Schulman (I) – 141 Michelle Whitworth – 94 POST 2: Jeremy Madden, unopposed – 209 ROYSTON CITY COUNCIL:  POST 1: Kenneth Roach (I) – 142 Fletcher Hodges – 128 POST 2: Jason Phillips – 168 Bob Hollingsworth – 93 POST 3: Matthew Fields (I) unopposed POST 5: David Pressley – 163 Wesley Fricks – […]