Author: MJ Kneiser

The call is out from the Lavonia Police Department for an additional police officer. Chief Shane Edmisten announced this week they are hiring for one position. The opening comes as the result of a recent $250,000 grant the Department received from the US Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services or COPS program awarded to the Lavonia Police Department last […]

Efforts to bring a charter elementary school to Royston continue. Spearheaded by Wesley Fricks, a group of Royston citizens are working to keep an elementary school in the city once the new South Franklin Elementary School is completed next year. At Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, Fricks came before the Board to ask them to consider letting a charter school […]

The Hart County American Legion Post 109 is once again putting together an effort to lay memorial wreaths on the graves of every fallen veteran in the county. It’s part of a national effort called Wreaths Across America. Wreaths Across America is a nonprofit organization that coordinates wreath­-laying ceremonies at more than 1,600 locations across the United States, at sea, […]

For the third year in a row, everyone is invited to Sweet Combs of Honey in Lavonia on Saturday, December 16, not so much to buy Christmas gifts, but to remember those loved ones we’ve lost and to pray for our country. Owner LaDonna Andrews started the candlelight remembrance vigil in 2020 shortly after opening her store in its new […]