Author: MJ Kneiser

In 13 days, on April 8, the U.S. will experience another solar eclipse. In Georgia, people will see only a partial eclipse. Some school districts in Georgia will close early to allow students the opportunity to observe the event with family. This week,  the Franklin County School System announced it will allow parents to check their students out from class […]

College Board’s BigFuture announced that Hart County High School student Jada Phelps has earned one of two monthly $40,000 scholarships for completing key college and career planning steps. BigFuture is a free, online resource that helps students take the right first step after high school. “It was very shocking,” Jada said after learning she had won the scholarship. “I’m very […]

A South Carolina couple has been indicted on multiple drugs and other charges in Franklin County. According to the indictment, 40-year-old Jason Lee Robinson and 41-year-old Dawn Lee Goff both from Winnsboro, SC were indicted on 16 counts, including Possession of Meth with Intent, Theft by Receiving Stolen Property, Bringing Stolen Property into the State, Possession of a Firearm by […]

By Jessica Waters, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Two Stephens County Sheriff’s deputies collided when a motorist failed to stop at an intersection. According to a press release issued by Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa, Sheriff’s deputies Sammy Feaster, 50, and Cody Bearden, 28, were “driving in a line on Prather Bridge Road when a 2009 Honda Accord ran a […]

By State Representative Alan Powell, HD 33 My House colleagues and I returned to the Gold Dome on Monday, March 18, 2024, continuing to give passage to a number of Senate bills. There are now only two legislative days remaining until Sine Die, Thursday, March 28, 2024. We unanimously passed Senate Bill 465, or “Austin’s Law,” to create the crime […]