Author: MJ Kneiser

The final lists of qualifiers for local races in the May General Primary are in and Franklin County voters will both have six contested local races to decide on. Board of Commission Districts 1 and 2, the Board of Commission Chairman’s race, the race for Franklin County Sheriff, the Board of Education Post 1 seat, and the race for Chief […]

In Hart County, there will be four local contested races in May. Sheriff Chris Carroll Tracy Mize – running as an Independent BOC 1 Michael Bennett (I) (R) RC Oglesby (D)   BOC 5 Joey Dorsey (I) Jeffrey Adams Michael Scott Mabry Magistrate Judge Thomas Jordan (I) Wayne Hinson   BOE 3 Kim Pierce (I) Tammy Evans Fazio   Additionally, […]

Input on the future of Franklin County is needed. The Georgia Mountains Regional Commission (GMRC) is assisting Franklin County and the cities of Carnesville, Canon, Franklin Springs, Lavonia, and Royston with the update of their joint Comprehensive Plan. The first public forum to gather input on the plan will be March 19 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Franklin County Justice […]

A Virginia man will have to wait a little longer for a South Carolina judge to decide whether to lower his bond. 41-year-old Derek Lydell Coleman has been jailed in Oconee County, SC Detention Center since May last year after he and a second Virginia resident, 45-year-old Enrico Natfonza Mayes were arrested following an alleged I-85 road rage incident that […]

Annual passes are now available from the US Corps of Engineers Visitors Centers. In January, the Corps announced that certain America the Beautiful annual passes were temporarily not available at Hartwell, Richard B. Russell, and J. Strom Thurmond Lake Visitor Project offices but now supplies have been replenished. Those passes include: USACE Annual Pass, America the Beautiful Annual Pass, America […]