Author: MJ Kneiser

Funeral services are set for this morning in Lavonia for long-time Franklin County Citizen editor and reporter Denise Matthews. Matthews passed away Friday afternoon after a long battle with cancer. Matthews had served a reporter and later as the editor of the Franklin County Citizen since 1994. Denise was known for her witty columns about her life and family and […]

Early voting gets underway today in Georgia for the March 1 Presidential Preference Primary. Early voting runs through February Friday, February 26th with one Saturday to vote. Voters will be selecting their candidates for the 2016 Presidential Election. In Franklin County, they will also be deciding on whether to continue the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax or e-SPLOST. […]

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will conduct counseling workshops for veterans at Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) career centers in Stephens and Habersham counties during February. Edward Robbins, a veterans outreach representative at the Lawrenceville VA Center, will conduct the workshops. The first will be heldTuesday, Feb. 16, at the Toccoa Career Center’s conference room located at 37 […]

No foul play is suspected in the death of a female inmate two weeks ago at the Banks County Detention Center. 48-year old Tammy Sue Greenway of Alto was found unresponsive in her jail cell on the morning of Friday January 26rd. Banks County Sheriff’s office emergency personnel performed emergency medical procedures on Greenway and she was then taken to […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Three people are in custody after Toccoa Police responded to a city residence looking for an individual wanted in Franklin County. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said that his department was notified that the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office was looking for 25-year-old Corey Stephen Holbrooks of Toccoa on felony warrants in that county. Jarrell […]