Author: MJ Kneiser

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa A Columbus, GA teen is behind bars in Stephens County charged with robbing a woman after he allegedly threatened at gunpoint to kill her child. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, the incident occurred on November 12, after a Toccoa Police Officer was approached outside the Police Department by a female who said […]

Charges are likely to be leveled against a Hartwell man involved in a head-on collision this week that killed a woman. It happened Tuesday night about 8:30p on the Reed Creek Highway in Hartwell. According to Georgia State Patrol Post 52 Commander Tracy Webb, a 2003 Dodge Ram pick up was traveling south on Reed Creek Highway near Rack’s restaurant […]

As we head towards the New Roaring 20’s, Lavonia’s Downtown Development Authority is looking for a new image to market all that the City has to offer. DDA Executive Director Vivian Young says a contest has been going on since last January artists to submit their ideas. Young said instead of paying an outside design firm to come up with […]

The annual Mayor’s Christmas Motorcade is underway across the state, and as they do every year, both the City of Lavonia and the City of Royston are participating. Sponsored by the Georgia Municipal Association, this is the 60th year municipalities across the State will be donating gifts for the residents of State homes at Christmas. The Mayors’ Christmas Motorcade began […]

Some good news for American Poultry farmers. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Thursday that China has lifted its ban on poultry imports from the United States. In making the announcement Ambassador Lighthizer called China an important export market for America’s poultry farmers. “The United States welcomes China’s decision to finally lift its […]