Author: MJ Kneiser

Some road improvements are about to take place in the city of Royston. Royston is planning to widen and resurface Skelton St. to the Wellness Park. In Tuesday night’s Royston city council meeting, City Manager Ed Andrews told the council that the contractor had submitted an affordable bid. “We had first had a short block of that to be widened […]

Residents of Franklin and Hart Counties are being asked to take part in the National Letter Carriers Food Drive. Letter carriers from post offices around Franklin, Hart, and Stephens counties will be asking for your donations this Saturday. Ben Smith is the Postmaster at the Lavonia Post Office. Smith said they are hoping this year’s collections will be even better […]

The Hart County Humane Society is joining other animal rescue groups this weekend for Petsmart’s weekend Adopt-a-thon. It’s called the Save a Homeless Pet National Adoption weekend and Petsmart stores in Georgia and South Carolina are taking part. Hart County Humane Society president Donna Madkiff said this is a great time for people to come out and find their new […]

From the Associated Press In a setback for the Obama health care law, a federal judge ruled Thursday that the administration is unconstitutionally subsidizing medical bills for millions of people while ignoring congressional power over government spending. The Associated Press reports the ruling from U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer was a win for House Republicans who brought the politically charged […]

Toccoa Falls College breaks ground on its new nursing school. Local officials, campus community members, donors, healthcare administrators, and others gathered last Thursday to break ground on the building for the Fetterman School of Nursing. According to TFC, the new state-of-the-art academic facility will house simulation labs, mock hospital rooms, classrooms, and administrative offices to prepare students to serve in […]