Author: MJ Kneiser

The Savannah River Players are holding auditions for their performances coming up in 2020. A first round of auditions were held Wednesday night for six shows, including Pump Boys, Heidi, Red, White, and Tuna, Nanyehi-The Story of Nancy Ward, and Murder at the Deadwood Saloon. They are also looking for people to audition for the December 2020 Christmas Celtic Christmas […]

If you are a Georgia Power customer you can expect to celebrate the new year with a higher power bill. According to a report by the Associated Press, the Georgia Public Service Commission this week voted to allow Georgia Power to raise power bills in order to pay for rising costs. Georgia Power spokesman John Kraft said a residential customer […]

County election offices in Georgia are now in the process of purging their voter rolls of voters who have not cast ballots in several elections. On Monday, a federal judge allowed Georgia to do a mass purge of its voting rolls, according to a report by the Associated Press. The purge began Monday evening. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in […]

Hart County Commissioners are holding off on awarding a contract for a new food vendor for the Hart County Jail. On December 6, the Board opened the bids from potential new vendors, but at last week’s County Commission Meeting, Partain recommended the Board hold off on awarding any contract. “I went over the contract and it hasn’t been updated since […]

No one was hurt early Tuesday morning when a Franklin County school bus ended up in a ditch. It happened just off Gumlog Road on Rue Chalet.  The bus was carrying a handful of Middle School students at the time. A Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy on the scene said the driver was attempting to turn the bus around when it appeared […]