Author: MJ Kneiser

Two local animal shelters will be holding special adoption events this weekend in our area. First, the Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter in Lavonia will be outside the Georgia Peach Cafe Saturday with puppies looking for new homes, according to Shelter Director Tammi Jourdanais. The Georgia Peach Cafe is located at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia off Clear Creek […]

Franklin and Hart County Sheriff’s deputies, along with the troopers from the Georgia State Patrol and Royston Police  are searching for Zach Carey. Carey is wanted on an outstanding battery and assault warrants out of Hart County. “He ran from Royston Police officers Thursday morning down Starrs Bridge Road, over to Ken Norris Road and bailed out of the vehicle,” […]

An autopsy will be done on the body of a man who was found dead in Franklin County over the weekend. According to Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas, the body of the unidentified man was found Sunday on property off Georgia Highway 51 in the northern part of the county. “The Franklin County Sheriff’s office along with the Franklin County […]

Franklin County employees will have to pay for at least part of their health insurance in 2017. At their regular meeting Monday, the Board of Commissioners heard from County Manager Beth Thomas who said changes had to be made because the current health care provider has increased the cost of coverage by 46%. County Manager Beth Thomas says that was […]

In Jackson County, a man is behind bars charged in the fatal hit and run of a man on I-85 last week. It happened Tuesday afternoon, May 31st on I-85 southbound near the Dry Pond Exit ramp. Witnesses said a box truck with red and green artwork and the words “food service” written on it, swerve and hit the man […]