Author: MJ Kneiser

Security is beefed up at Franklin County schools today as the search for a wanted fugitive enters its sixth day. Franklin County School Superintendent Wayne Randall says some the schools are on lockdown. “We have Lavonia, Carnesville and the Middle School on soft lockdown, which means the kids just don’t go outside,” Randall said Monday morning. “Everything else is operating […]

A Franklin County pair are the winners of Toccoa’s first Open Mic Competition in Toccoa. The final Open Mic Monday for the season was held Monday night at the Historic Ritz Theatre at the Schafer Center in downtown Toccoa. Five acts performed three songs each to determine the season champion and a paid gig to perform as an opening act […]

Almost two years to the day after his murder conviction, Brent Shubert will be back in court Thursday afternoon on a motion for a new trial. In a 2015 bench trial in Franklin County Superior Court, Shubert was convicted in the 2013 strangulation death of his live-in girlfriend Bonnie Anne Coomer. On December 8, 2015 Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Malcolm […]

Employers from Stephens and surrounding counties now have a better understanding of some of the new programs and initiatives at the Georgia Department of Labor. State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler was in Toccoa Wednesday for the 2017 Employers in the Know conference which took place on the Currahee Campus of North Georgia Technical College. Yesterday’s event is one of a […]

The official summer season is over but not before two major incidents on Lake Hartwell over the weekend, including a death. On the Georgia side, DNR officials say an Anderson man faces a long list of charges that begin with boating under the influence. DNR Law Enforcement officer Craig Fulghum said a routine boat check Sunday evening in the Paynes […]