Author: MJ Kneiser

Franklin County will be receiving a $100,000 grant for road improvements. At their regular meeting Monday night, county commission chair Thomas Bridges started the session off with the announcement. Bridges said earlier this year, he asked county manager John Phillips about securing grant funds to widen two roads in the county. “Sometime back, I was talking to Mr. Phillips about […]

Hart County has agreed to lease two parks on Lake Hartwell from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. At their regular meeting last month, the Board of Commissioners voted to lease both Long Point and Milltown Parks. Both parks were scheduled for permanent closure by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers due to federal budget cuts. Milltown is a primitive […]

The Royston City Council is expected to discuss their next move in finding a new city manager. Last month, former city manager Greg Scott announced he was resigning to take a position with the the 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron of the U.S. Air National Guard at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa. Scott had been city manager since 2007.   […]

By David Stephens, WSGC Radio, Elberton Elbert County’s population is in decline. That’s according to numbers recently put out by the U.S. Census Bureau, which, in its 2013 population estimates noted the county had a population of 19,599 – down from 20,166 in 2010 when the last U.S. Census was taken. Elbert County Administrator Bob Thomas says the loss in […]

The Georgia Department of Agriculture is looking for ten schools to participate in a new initiative designed to get locally grown produce and other products into school cafeterias. On Monday, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black announced a new initiative called, the “Georgia Grown Test Kitchen.” School nominations are now being taken online at Georgiagrown.com through May 9. The new […]