Author: MJ Kneiser

It could not have come at a worse time. The Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter in Lavonia, already overcrowded with dogs desperately needing homes, has been forced to close for two weeks due to an outbreak of the deadly parvovirus. The shelter staff has been working hard to raise money to build a new adoption wing, which would eliminate having to […]

Agents with the GBI have been called in to investigate a shooting in Toccoa Tuesday that resulted in a death. Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize said it happened in the early morning hours Tuesday. He said the call began as a reported domestic altercation with a victim who had been hit in the head. The suspect in the case is […]

If it’s springtime, it means it’s also Georgia Department of Transportation Road Work Time. In Franklin County, expect to see crews in the Nails Creek area of Highway 51 this summer. Crews will be milling and resurfacing 14.6 miles of 51 and doing shoulder rehabilitation from the Banks County line to East of the Broad River. E.R. Snell Contractors was […]

By State Representative Alan Powell, HD 33  The House kicked off the eighth week of the 2024 legislative session on Monday, February 26, passing bipartisan legislation aimed at modernizing and refining healthcare regulations throughout Georgia: House Bill 451, would require public entities to offer additional illness-specific insurance to first responders diagnosed with work-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). House Bill 1104, […]

Qualifying got underway Monday for the May General Election/Primary and as expected candidates have already been signing up. Voters are deciding on 11 County races in both Franklin and Hart counties. As of 5p Monday in Franklin most of the incumbents for County offices had qualified. But so far, there are three contested races. BOC 1 Chris Phillips Tim Crunkleton […]