Author: MJ Kneiser

If you have used LifeLock to protect your identity, you might be getting some money back. On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission announced it will begin sending refund checks totaling more than $31 million as part of a previously announced settlement with LifeLock, Inc., The refunds stem from a 2015 settlement LifeLock reached with the FTC, which alleged that from […]

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division is working with the Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division to investigate reports of a major fish kill in Indian Creek. According to complaint run off coming from the GRP Franklin Renewable Energy Facility on at 3465 Highway 198 in Carnesville has been leeching into the creek. John Maddox, State On-Scene Coordinator with the […]

The City of Hartwell has agreed to sell the Cateechee golf course and conference center to private investors. Hartwell City Manager Jonathon Herschel said the sale was necessary for Pilot Realty Investors and Diversified Golf in order for them to expand. Herschel says however, the City will continue to use the golf course as part of their wastewater facility. “They […]

Lavonia’s largest discount retailer, Fred’s, is set to close its doors for good at the end of October. Last month, the Memphis-based retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and said liquidation sales would take place at all of its stores over the next 60 days, throwing over 7,000 employees nationwide out of work. Fred’s initially operated 557 stores nationwide, 155 […]

The first ever Renaissance festival in Lavonia is over and talks are already in the works about doing it all over again next year. Sponsored by the Lavonia Downtown Development Authority, the festival was held at Lavonia City Park behind City Hall. The festival replaced the Land of Spirit plays that have been discontinued and was an effort to attract […]