Author: MJ Kneiser

The City of Royston is looking a ways to beef up their code enforcement on dilapidated and abandoned buildings and other property eye sores. At their City Council meeting Tuesday, Councilman Keith Turman said a better job needs to be done of cleaning up rundown and abandoned properties around town. Turman said those kinds of properties are detractors from luring […]

A clarification and correction to a story we aired earlier this week on the investigation into two stolen vehicles from Tri-County Chevrolet in Royston. At the time, we reported the GBI was assisting in the investigation and evidence in the case had been turned over to them. However, according to Royston Police Chief Donnie Boleman, that is not the case. […]

Congressman Doug Collins, Chair of the Army Corps of Engineers Caucus, is angry with the U.S. Corps of Engineers’ plan to ban property owners around Lake Hartwell and Lake Lanier from using lake water to irrigate their properties. The Corps issued the mandate last week. Corps spokesman Billy Birdwell said the ruling was made to comply with federal guidelines. “We […]

Lavonia residents are invited to mark their calendars to attend an open house at the historic Carnegie Library. The open house is coming up Monday, January 25 from 5:30p to 7:30p. Organized and sponsored by the Friends of the Lavonia Library, the open house is designed to showcase the repairs and renovation done on the library over the past two […]

A suspicious looking package found behind the Wendy’s in Banks Crossing has turned to not contain a bomb. Area businesses were evacuated for a time today while the GBI bomb squad removed the package. The Banks County Sheriff’s office is continuing to look into why the package was placed behind the Wendy’s. They are also interviewing witnesses. No word on […]