Author: MJ Kneiser

Bowersville voters will have a chance this evening to hear from the candidates running for all four city council seats and the mayor’s post. A special candidate forum will take place tonight at the Bowersville Community Center on Main St. beginning at 7p. There’s just one more day left to vote early for the local municipal races in both Hart […]

The Georgia Welcome Center on Interstate 85 south in Lavonia is not welcoming and remains closed. The Welcome Center closed in mid-July and was expected to be re-opened by mid- September, but that deadline has come and gone. On Wednesday, GDOT District Engineer for Hart County Brent Cook announced the Welcome Center will likely not be open until the end […]

Two people face drug charges after an investigation by the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said that his office arrested 25-year-old William Thomas Smith of Toccoa and 35-year-old James Eugene Burns of Carnesville last Wednesday, October 21, in the parking lot of a business off of Collins Road. Shirley said both men were charged with Possession […]

Stephens County promotes a department head to a newly created position. Tuesday, Stephens County Commissioners unanimously approved creating a position of Assistant Administrator and announced that the county’s Building and Grounds Director, Randall Cleveland, would take on the new position in addition to his current duties with Building and Grounds. County Administrator Phyllis Ayers said that Cleveland has proven himself […]

A new upscale hotel in Lavonia is officially welcomed to the community with a ribbon cutting and celebration “Thank you all for coming to our grand opening today,” owner Riesh Shah told the crowd after the ribbon cutting. “We’ll we’re just proud to be here,” noted Lavonia Mayor Ralph Owens. “We wish you luck. It’s a nice facility.” Lavonia Mayor […]