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01/24/2024

Be sure to check out our Community Calendar online for upcoming events happening in the 921 WLHR Lake Hartwell Radio listening area. http://www.921wlhr.com/

01/23/2024

Don't miss Porkchop's Catch of the Week at 8:40 am Wednesday. He will review a new album that is a definite keeper, and not one you want to throw back.

01/23/2024

The Breakfast with Porkchop Show presents "Walhalla Wednesdays"! Tune in each Wednesday for your chance to win tickets for upcoming shows at the Walhalla Performing Arts Center. For more information, visit https://walhallapac.com/.

01/23/2024

Today's edition of the Swap Shop is posted on our website at https://bit.ly/2zIdb3F

01/23/2024

Thanks to Amanda Brown with the Hart County Chamber of Commerce for being our guest today on The Breakfast with Porkchop Show! For more information about the Chamber and upcoming events in Hart County, visit https://www.hart-chamber.org/

01/23/2024

The 921 WLHR Lake Hartwell Radio Sports Update
(01/23/24)
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NBA
Sacramento 122, Atlanta 107
Charlotte 128, Minnesota 125
Cleveland 126, Orlando 99
Milwaukee 122, Detroit 113
Philadelphia 133, San Antonio 123
Memphis 108, Toronto 100
Boston 119, Dallas 110
Phoenix 115, Chicago 113

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Men’s
Top-25
#3 North Carolina 85, Wake Forest 64
#7 Kansas 74, Cincinnati 69
Today –
Georgia Tech vs. Pitt – 7 p.m.
S. Carolina vs. #8 Kentucky – 7 p.m.

Women’s
Top-25
#20 Utah 94, #5 UCLA 81
#7 Kansas St. 58, #12 Baylor 55

NHL
San Jose 4, Los Angeles 3 (SO)
Boston 4, Winnipeg 1
New Jersey 6, Vegas 5 (OT)
Florida 4, Nashville 1
Arizona 5, Pittsburgh 2
Vancouver 2, Chicago 0

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Franklin County travels to Hart County to tangle with the Bulldogs. Coverage begins on 921 WLHR Lake Hartwell Radio at 5:45 p.m. with the pregame show. Tipoff of the girls’ game will be at 6 p.m. The boys’ game will follow at the conclusion of the girls’ game.
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01/23/2024

Today is the birthday of singer-songwriter Johnny Russell (January 23, 1940 – July 3, 2001). Russell wrote songs recorded by Burl Ives, Jim Reeves, Jerry Garcia, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and most famously Buck Owens, and The Beatles ("Act Naturally"), and George Strait (“Let's Fall to Pieces Together”). His recording of his song "Rednecks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer" was his only entry in the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles, at Number 4. He is also known for being the first one to record "He Stopped Loving Her Today", in some surveys named as the greatest country song of all time and the biggest hit for George Jones in 1980, but his label refused to release it.

Provided to YouTube by RhinoAct Naturally (2006 Remastered Version) · Buck Owens21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection℗ 1963 Buck Owens ProductionsPerformance: ...

01/23/2024

Today is the birthday of singer/songwriter Harley Allen (January 23, 1956 – March 30, 2011). Some of the songs that he penned have been covered by the likes of Alan Jackson ("Between the Devil and Me", "The Angels Cried", "Who I Am"), John Michael Montgomery ("The Little Girl"), Blake Shelton ("The Baby"), and Darryl Worley ("Awful, Beautiful Life"). He also sang harmonies on The Soggy Bottom Boys' "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow".

Music video by Darryl Worley performing Awful Beautiful Life. (C) 2004 DreamWorks Records Nashville

01/23/2024

Today is the birthday of singer/songwriter Josh Thompson (b. January 23, 1978). His songs have been covered by Blake Shelton ("I'll Name The Dogs"), Jason Aldean ("Any Ol' Barstool"), and the Aldean/Miranda Lambert collaboration, "Drowns The Whiskey".

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01/23/2024

– January 23, 1990 – Clint Black's ‘Killin' Time’ album was certified platinum. The album, his debut effort, was a huge success, producing #1 hits "A Better Man", "Walking Away", "Nobody's Home" "Killin' Time" and a #3, "Nothing's News". Billboard declared "A Better Man" the song of the year for 1989 and "Nobody's Home" the song of the year for 1990.

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01/22/2024

UPDATE: LOUD BOOM HEARD IN SEVERAL COUNTIES OVER THE WEEKEND NOT AN EXPLOSION AT GRP PLANT

Thousands of people across several northeast Georgia counties reported hearing a large boom over the weekend Saturday night. At one point on social media, it was thought there was an explosion at the GRP plant in Carnesville. WLHR News has confirmed that was not the case.

GRP plant manager for the Carnesville and Comer plants David Groves, confirmed late Monday afternoon that there was no explosion of any kind at the Carnesville plant over the weekend. We have also spoken to people living close to the plant who were home all weekend.

One couple said they heard nothing Saturday or Saturday night. Another person who is a former GRP employee who lives across from the plant said they heard the loud boom but it did not come from the GRP plant and there was no explosion there.

Additionally, Sheriff Steve Thomas tells WLHR News he had deputies patrolling the area around the GRP plant on Hwy 198 all weekend and they neither saw nor heard anything in the area of the GRP plant to indicate any sort of incident at the plant.

One possible explanation is that it may have been a sonic boom from F-16’s being tested by the Lockheed Martin plant in Greenwood, South Carolina south of Anderson County.

Earlier this month, a spokesman for Lockheed Martin told FOX Carolina News they were testing F-16s prior to sellinf them. The Spokesperson indicated that F-16s have the capability of traveling faster than the speed of sound, which would cause a sonic boom.

At the time, thousands of people in the Upstate also reported hearing a loud boom that shook the ground and their homes.

WLHR News will continue to research the loud boom heard Saturday and bring you any more information if and when we get it.

01/22/2024

From the News of the Weird Files: Man Busted for Allegedly Smuggling Co***ne in Jumbo Shrimp Bags

A traveler at John F. Kennedy International Airport has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle co***ne inside of bags of jumbo shrimp.

01/22/2024

Monday Morning Box Office Returns: 'Mean Girls' Repeats at Number One With $11.7 Million Weekend

On a quiet weekend in movie theaters, “Mean Girls” repeated atop the box office with $11.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, while a handful of awards contenders sought to make an impact ahead of Oscar nominations on Tuesday

01/22/2024

The 921 WLHR Lake Hartwell Radio Sports Update
(01/22/24)
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NFL
--Divisional Round--
AFC –
Kansas City 27, Buffalo 24
Baltimore 34, Houston 10
NFC –
Detroit 31, Tampa Bay 23
San Francisco 24, Green Bay 21

---Conference Championship Games—
Sunday, January 28th
AFC – Kansas City @ Baltimore – 3 p.m.
NFC – Detroit @ San Francisco – 6:30 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Men’s
Top-25
Tulane 81, #10 Memphis 79
#14 Illinois 86, Rutgers 63
#23 FAU 112, UTSA 103 (OT)

Women’s
Ole Miss 69, Georgia 59
Georgia Tech 69, Boston College 54
Top-25
#1 S. Carolina 99, Texas A&M 64
#18 Ohio St. 100, #2 Iowa 92 (OT)
#3 Colorado 63, #6 USC 59
# NC St. 72, Duke 57
#8 Stanford 65, Oregon St. 56
***(With the victory on Sunday, Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer is the winningest basketball coach in NCAA history. VanDerveer 1,203rd career victories moves her past former Duke men's coach Mike Krzyzewski)***
#10 LSU 99, Arkansas 68
#23 N. Carolina 79, #13 Louisville 68
#14 Virginia Tech 74, Clemson 62
Virginia 91, #15 Florida St. 87
#16 Inidiana 74, Purdue 68
#19 Notre Dame 75, Wake Forest 56
#21 Creighton 63, Villanova 49

NBA
LA Clippers 125, Brooklyn 114
Denver 113, Washington 104
Orlando 105, Miami 87
Boston 116, Houston 107
Phoenix 117, Indiana 110
LA Lakers 134, Portland 110
Today –
Charlotte @ Minnesota – 8 p.m.
Atlanta @ Sacremento – 10 p.m.

NHL
Ottawa 5, Philadelphia 3
Minnesota 5, Carolina 2
Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 1
NY Islanders 3, Dallas 2 (OT)
NY Rangers 5, Anaheim 2
Toronto 3, Seattle 1
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01/22/2024

Happy Birthday to singer, songwriter James Preston "J.P." Pennington (born January 22, 1949). He is most well-known as the lead singer of the group Exile. The group had pop success in 1978 with the ballad hit "Kiss You All Over." Then, they established themselves in 1983 as a country music group. Between then and the early 1990s, the band had several country chart hits, many written by Pennington and bass player Sonny Lemaire , including the Number Ones "Woke Up in Love", "I Don't Want to Be a Memory", "Give Me One More Chance", "Crazy For Your Love", "She's a Miracle", "Hang On to Your Heart", "I Could Get Used to You", "It'll Be Me", "She's Too Good to Be True" and "I Can't Get Close Enough".
Some of the songs that Pennington wrote or co-wrote have been recorded by other artists, including Alabama (“The Closer You Get “,”Take Me Down”) and The Forrester Sisters ("Just in Case")
J.P. Pennington's songwriting talent led to recognition as BMI Writer of the Year to one of BMI's Top 100 Writers of the Century.

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01/22/2024

Happy Birthday to Teddy Gentry (b. January 22, 1952). As a member of the group Alabama, he was the bassist and provided background vocals. The Country Music Hall of Fame group has scored 33 number 1 hits, and garnered multiple CMA, ACM and Grammy awards.

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01/22/2024

– January 22, 1969 – Glen Campbell's single "Wichita Lineman" is certified gold. The Jimmy Webb composition topped the country chart for 2 weeks and the adult contemporary chart for 6 weeks. It was also in the Billboard Hot 100 for 15 weeks, peaking at number 3. Rolling Stone magazine ranks the song as one of the top 500 songs of all time.

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01/22/2024

FRANKLIN COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY PLANS POLITICAL FORUM FOR MARCH

The Franklin County Republican Party has announced the date for a Political Forum with all candidates running for County offices.

Party member Angela Whidby said the forum will be on Saturday, March 23 at Franklin Springs City Hall.

Whidby said it’s an opportunity for the public to come out and hear the candidates for each office and ask questions.

“Everyone will have a chance to write down any question that they would like to ask the candidates. It needs to be a question for all candidates (in a race), not just one particular person. It’s got to be geared for all candidates in the race, such as the Sheriff’s race, it has to be for all three people. Then they will be given to the moderator who will go through the questions, and he will be the one to ask the questions. Then the candidates will be given time to answer,” she explained.

The Franklin County Political Forum will begin at 11:30a on March 23.

Before that beginning at 9a, the Republican Party will hold their Precinct Convention and elect officers for this year.

Qualifying for the County races takes place Monday, March 4 through Friday, March 8.

County races will be held on May 21.

Again, the Franklin County Political Forum sponsored by the Franklin County Republican Party will be held Saturday, March 23 at 11:30a at Franklin Springs City Hall and is open to the public.

Anyone with questions can contact Whidby at 404-427-1082.

01/22/2024

PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR THE FRANKLIN SPRINGS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

The City of Franklin Springs is gearing up to celebrate its Centennial this year.

At their meeting last week, the City Council heard from Mayor Lee Moore regarding plans for the celebration.

Moore told the Council that while the main event or events are planned for this summer, the City wants to begin now to celebrate by holding a monthly drawing for citizens.

“The first thing that we want to do is I would like to every month draw a citizen’s name; not a customer but a citizen who lives in Franklin Springs, who has a utility bill. Every month draw a name. We’ll have a pot and have all the names in the pot. And whoever gets their name drawn gets a $100 credit to their utility bill,” Moore explained.

Moore said he and the council will be meeting with the Franklin Springs Downtown Development Authority in the coming weeks to plan events for this summer’s celebration.

In the 1800s, Franklin Springs was a popular travel spot with its beneficial mineral, sulfur, and freestone springs.

By 1890 Franklin Springs’ resort had two hotels, a skating rink, two pavilions, and about 15 private residences on about 87 acres.

The reputation of Franklin Springs as a health resort was spreading, and people from Augusta, Savannah, Atlanta, towns in South Carolina, and even as far south as New Orleans, were coming to derive benefits from its health-giving waters.

Faith in the springs diminished as other health remedies became available. The Springview Hotel was offered for sale.

According to HMdb.org, the nationally famous Methodist evangelist Lorenzo Dow spoke to large crowds under the trees of Franklin Springs in 1802 and 1803. On February 22, 1803, the subject of his sermon was The Trinity where he spoke using three large tree branches as an illustration.

On March 1, 1918, the site was purchased by the Pentecostal Benevolent Association consisting of G.O. Gaines, Perry Sexton, Hugh Bowling, Josiah Allen, John W. Jordan, and Joseph C. Sorrow. It became the home of Franklin Springs Institute and was later renamed Emmanuel College. Last year, the college was renamed Emmanuel University.

The City of Franklin Springs was chartered on July 22, 1924.

WLHR News will be keeping our listeners updated on the events planned for the City’s Centennial Celebrations as they become available.

01/21/2024

Tune in to Community Forum every Sunday at 12:03p after ABC News.

Guest this week is Mitch Murphy who's running for Franklin County Sheriff.

01/21/2024

The City of Lavonia has a 2024 initiative to help spread kindness. Each month we will focus on different aspects and topics to help bring just a little more positive and kind energy to our community. For the month of January, we would like to help lend a hand in stocking up the Food Cabinet at the Lavonia Police Department! It's a heartwarming mission that helps families in our neighborhood who could use an extra hand. Why not brighten someone's day by bringing a non-perishable meal and spreading kindness?

The food cabinet is located in front of the Lavonia Police Department 851 Grogran St. Lavonia, GA 30553.

Choo choose kindness 🚂💛

01/21/2024

2024-2025 School Calendar

01/21/2024

Today is the birthday of Jimmy Ibbotson (b. January 21, 1947). He was a member of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band from 1969-2004, scoring 15 country hits , and recording the critically acclaimed ‘Will The Circle Be Unbroken’ albums.

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