Author: MJ Kneiser

Franklin and Hart County voters can expect new precinct cards in the mail soon. Now that the two counties have been moved to the 10th Congressional District new precinct cards must be issued. Franklin County Elections Supervisor Tracie Creason said the new precinct cards will be mailed out over the next couple of weeks. Creason emphasized that this does not […]

Mar-Jac Poultry Processors are not commenting on an incident at their Hattiesburg, MS plant where last summer a 16-year-old teenager was killed when he was pulled into a chicken deboning machine. It happened on July 14, 2023 while the teen was cleaning and sanitizing the deboning machine. He became caught in a rotating shaft and was pulled into the machine, […]

State Meteorologist Will Lanxton is warning of extreme cold over the weekend with temperatures dipping down into the teens for most of Northeast Georgia. Lanxton said another cold front is set to move through Georgia tonight and another Wind Chill Advisory is expected for this weekend. Behind the cold front will be another dry and frigid airmass that will filter […]

A local author will be at the Royston Public Library on Saturday, January 27, 2024, to read from her latest novel. Sponsored by the Royston Friends of the Library, Vallorie Neal-Wood will be reading from her latest novel, “Royston.” “Royston” is based on a true event in the city’s history. The book is about Detective Rusk Brooks who leaves Atlanta […]

          Trinity Health of Georgia and St. Mary’s Health Care System announce the addition of 11 new members to the Boards of Directors of Trinity Health of Georgia and St. Mary’s three acute care hospitals, effective Jan. 1. The 11 new members include four local businessmen, John Hylton, Scott Hardigree, Charles Rice, and Ed Ridgeway III. […]