Author: MJ Kneiser

Franklin County’s Board of Commission will hold a special called work session tonight after their regular meeting to begin work on the FY15 budget. County manager John Phillips is expected to unveil a preliminary budget proposal at the work session this evening.  So far, no figures have been released for public review and department heads and constitutional officers have not […]

Local bikers take to the streets to help special needs children… On Saturday, about 20 local bikers gathered at the Flats in Canon for the poker run to raise money for mentally challenged children. Theresa Phillips is the president of Connections for Special Parents, a support group for parents of special needs children.  The group serves families in Franklin, Hart, […]

By Charlie Robertson, SKY104, Clayton A stiff sentence is handed down for the former manager of the Boggs Mountain Animal Shelter in Clayton. On Friday, Lowanda “Peanut” Kilby was sentenced to 25 years in prison, with 15 to serve and ten on probation and pay $30,000 in fines and restitution of $5,050. “Certainly the sentence was appropriate, I have no […]

A Toccoa Falls College student was laid to rest Sunday after a tragic accident in Banks County. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in Clarkesville for 20-year old Clayton Andrew Martin of Baldwin. According to the Banks County Sheriff’s office,  Martin  died on Memorial Day after drowning in a private pond on Old Highway 441. Authorities say Martin was swimming […]

Three people from Toccoa are facing armed robbery charges in Rabun County. According to the Rabun County Sheriff’s office, it happened last Thursday night in the parking lot of the Walmart in Clayton. The victim told Sheriff’s deputies three men approached him and took an undisclosed amount of cash from him at gunpoint. However, the victim followed the suspect’s vehicle […]