Author: MJ Kneiser

After several months of renovations, the Franklin County Health Department will re-open on Monday, December 18. This week, the Franklin County Health Department announced it would be closed to services all this week while staff work to move back into the health department building. Over the summer, District 2 Public Health announced a temporary closure of the Franklin County Health […]

Jessica Waters, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Deputies with the Franklin and Hart County Sheriff’s offices, along with Troopers from GSP Post 52 in Hartwell were among the many law enforcement officers who descended on Stephens County this week to assist in the capture of a Cleveland man considered armed and dangerous. It happened Tuesday afternoon, according to Stephens County Sheriff Randy […]

The Salvation Army in Toccoa began handing out bags of toys and other gifts Wednesday donated by people who picked an angel off their Angel Trees. Salvation Army Toccoa Director Rebecca Dixon said they’ve helped supply gifts for over 500 families this year. In some circumstances, people pick an Angel but for various reasons, never bring the gifts for distribution. […]

The release of fatal liquid nitrogen at a poultry processing plant in Gainesville nearly three years ago was “completely preventable,” according to a newly released federal report. According to a recently released report by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, in January 2021, six workers died at the Foundation Food Group plant when a liquid nitrogen control system […]

A special fun fundraiser is coming up this Saturday at the Royston Public Library. The Friends of the Royston Library are hosting a winter FUNderland Saturday at the library from 10a to 2p to help raise money for their Summer Reading Program, according to Maggie West, Branch Manager for the Franklin Co. Libraries. This Saturday’s event is free but donations […]