Author: MJ Kneiser

We end our week-long look back at the top stories of 2014 with a look at some major projects and issues in Franklin and Hart Counties. For Franklin County, 2014 was a year of intense debate and research on how to fund the expansion of the Franklin County Detention Center. In February last year, Franklin County Commissioners balked at the […]

By the end of the 2014, Franklin County had been dealt another major financial blow when Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center CEO Greg Hearn announced in November the hospital could not make its $311-thousand dollar bond payment that was due December 1. Just two years after its grand opening, the hospital found itself in a financial crisis so severe, it […]

In Hart County, the summer tourist season was hampered when a giant sinkhole opened up on SR51/Reed Creek Highway in May. On May 6th a motorist discovered the massive sinkhole after almost driving into it. Once the asphalt was removed, Georgia DOT Engineers found a cavity 10 feet square at the top and 20 feet deep taking up almost the […]

2014 was a sad year for Franklin County Law Enforcement with the loss of one of their own. Law enforcement from across North Georgia joined Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas and the entire Sheriff’s department to mourn the loss Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Cruz Thomas. On May 25th, hundreds of law enforcement officers attended the funeral Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy […]

Just a reminder, if you plan to take down your natural Christmas tree this weekend, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hartwell Project Office is accepting natural Christmas trees for recycling through Feb. 15, 2015 at Hartwell Lake. The recycled trees will be used as fish attractors at both sites.   Trees will be tied in bundles, weighted with concrete […]