Author: MJ Kneiser

The Internal Revenue Service begins today to accept and process 2023 tax returns. The Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR) will begin processing individual income tax returns on Wednesday, February 1. The IRS expects more than 128.7 million individual tax returns to be filed by the April 15, 2024, tax deadline. IRS Free File became available on IRS.gov on Jan. 12 in advance […]

Franklin County has been chosen to receive funding to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. Ninth District Opportunity Director Brenda Dalin said in a press release that they have been awarded federal funds under The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program Phase 41 to distribute to designated counties in their 13-county district. Franklin County has distributed […]

Capitol News Beat Service A second sports betting bill was introduced into the Georgia Senate last week with bipartisan backing from the chamber’s leadership. Senate Bill 386 would authorize sports betting in Georgia under the oversight of the Georgia Lottery Corp. The bill would provide for both online betting on sports and retail betting at sites operated by licensees who […]

In Madison County, authorities are investigating after a man was found dead and two others were injured outside of a food store. It happened last Thursday night at the Bread Basket in Colbert. According to a report on CBS46, deputies responded to reports of two people at the store who had been shot. When they arrived they found a 47-year-old […]

Candidate for Franklin County Sheriff Brian Stovall said if elected one of his priorities will be to reduce the drug trafficking and resulting crime in the County. Speaking Thursday to WLHR News, Stovall, who is a former Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy, said the problem of drugs and drug trafficking isn’t just localized to one area of Franklin County. He said […]