Category: News

Franklin County Commissioners will learn tonight the results of a survey on whether the Gumlog Community should incorporate. The survey was posted on the County Web site and ended at the close of business last Friday. County Manager Derek Turner tells WLHR News he plans to report the results at the Board of Commissioners work session this evening. At their […]

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Town of Martin celebrated its new Town Hall on Sunday with a ribbon tying ceremony, facilitated by the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce. The Town Hall is now located at 3707 Historic Highway 17, in Martin. The building that now houses Martin Town Hall was one of the first stores to be built […]

The Lavonia City Council will be spending their afternoon today learning more about the City’s water and wastewater treatment plants. Councilmen and the Mayor will tour the facilities beginning at 3:30p beginning with the Lavonia Wastewater Treatment Facility on Allen Farm Road. From there, they will head to the Lavonia Water Facility on Pleasant Hill Road. Mayor Courtney Umbehant said […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has expanded the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer or P-EBT in order to feed low-income children over the summer months. Summer months are difficult for low-income children because they lack access to school meals that fill a nutrition gap during the school year. When school is out of session, summer feeding programs—considered a lifeline for some […]

April 26-30 is National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week Each spring the Georgia Department of Transportation, along with departments of transportation across the country, observe National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week to educate motorists about the dangers of work zones and to remind drivers to slow down, move over a lane, pay close attention, and take extra precautions when driving […]