Author: MJ Kneiser

Georgia U.S. Representative Doug Collins (R) (9th) confirmed Wednesday on Fox News his intention to run for the U.S. Senate. Collins Announces Run for U.S. Senate Collins will run against Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed in December by Governor Brian Kemp to fill the unexpired term of former Senator Johnny Isakson, who retired at the end of December for health […]

State Senator John Wilkinson has also announced his intention to run for the 9th District Congressional seat. This election will be to replace Congressman Doug Collins, who has announced that he will be running for a seat in the United States Senate. Senator Wilkinson, who is from Toccoa, was elected to the State Senate in a special election in 2011 […]

Lavonia Police have a man in custody they believe is responsible for two burglaries and possibly more. On Tuesday, Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle said the Tugalo Animal Hospital on Vickery St. was burglarized over the weekend. “On the morning of January 26, Lavonia Police received notification from Dr. April Steele at Tugalo Animal Hospital that her business had been […]

The Franklin County Board of Education will meet in a called session tonight and is expected to take action on whether to make Franklin County a charter school system. Tonight’s meeting takes place at 6p at the Administrative offices on Busha Rd in Carnesville. According to the National Charter Resource Center website, a charter school is a public school that […]

A murder suspect in Hart County is in custody after an all night search Monday night. According to Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland the suspect, identified as Larrendrick Rashad Tabor is facing multiple charges including felony murder and aggravated assault in the shooting of a man and the shooting and stabbing of a woman. Cleveland said it happened Monday evening […]