Author: MJ Kneiser

Another traffic pattern shift as crews with the Georgia Dept of Transportation work to widen SR17 in Stephens County. G-DOT spokesperson Teri Pope said beginning today, crews will shift traffic on to temporary asphalt on SR328 at its intersection with the new SR17 in order to do work on that intersection. Pope says that to build the new, four-lane 17, […]

The Oconee County SC Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in solving three Seneca Wal-Mart shoplifting cases. Deputies are also seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects, one male and one female, in relation to all three shoplifting cases. The shoplifting took place on May 31st, and June 27th and 28th. According to the Sheriff’s office, a […]

Last summer’s Lake Hartwell sinkhole repair project by the Georgia Department of Transportation is being honored by the American Public Works Association. Recently, the national group’s Georgia chapter presented the Georgia DOT with four awards honoring the best achievements in the public works profession last year – one of those projects was for their work repairing a massive sinkhole on […]

Baldwin Fire Chief Joe Roy is expected to recover from injuries he received over the weekend during a fundraiser. It happened Saturday morning at the intersection of Georgia Highway 384/the Duncan Bridge Road at Mud Creek Road near Baldwin in Habersham County, according to Georgia State Patrol Toccoa Post trooper 1st Class J. Tucker. Tucker said Chief Roy along with […]