Author: MJ Kneiser

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County Commissioner Dennis Bell has been elected to serve on the Executive Board of the oldest and largest Police Organizations in Georgia. The Peace Officers’ Association of Georgia is the state’s oldest and largest organization of peace officers. The organization held its 119th annual conference in Savannah last month. This year’s three-day conference […]

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is inviting teachers from K-5 to encourage their students to participate in the 30th annual Wildlife Poster Contest. For the past 30 years, the DNR has held the art competition as a way to to educate as well as cultivate a greater appreciation of Georgia’s diverse wildlife and their habitats. The theme for the […]

Franklin County firefighters were out in force Wednesday on two reports of fires. In the first, Franklin County fire units responded to a house fire in the 100 block of Rue De Cason Way off Highway 320 in Carnesville. The homeowner told authorities the fire started in the garage then spread to other parts of the house. No one was […]

Three South Carolinians are behind bars in Franklin County charged with drugs and weapons possession. Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas said the arrests happened Sunday, September 1 after deputies pulled over a red sedan on I-85 northbound for an expired tag. “A pipe containing a white, chrystal-like substance was found on the driver,” Thomas said. “There were two other passengers […]

Now that the newly renovated water/wastewater treatment plant in Royston is officially up and running, City Council members approved a second modification of the loan that helped pay for the project. At their regular meeting Tuesday evening, the only item of new business on the agenda was for the Council to vote to approve the modification. Royston borrowed $2.6 million […]