Author: MJ Kneiser

Strickland Funeral Homes in Lavonia and Hartwell are offering a free seminar on how and why to make final arrangements. Seminars will take place Tuesday in Lavonia and in Hartwell. Courtney Umbehant, Manager of the Strickland Funeral Home Lavonia Chapel says many people don’t know where to start when it comes to planning out their final arrangements. Umbehant said experts […]

As tax season approaches, the IRS and Security Summit partners warn taxpayers, and tax professionals to watch out for emerging scams by email, text, phone With identity thieves constantly changing tactics to try to steal information from taxpayers and businesses, the IRS reminds people to watch out for a variety of aggressive schemes that can surface by email, by text, […]

The City of Lavonia will cap its holiday festivities this Sunday with its annual Christmas parade. Lavonia Main Street Director Ashley Rose Dodd says those planning to be in the parade need to register beforehand. This year’s theme is Winter Wonderland and Dodd said they are asking parade participants to decorate their floats and vehicles in a winter snow theme. […]

If you own a multipurpose off-highway vehicle (MPOHV) you can now register it to make it legal to drive it on county roads. The Georgia Department of Revenue announced that beginning today, owners of multipurpose off-highway vehicles may voluntarily register their off-road vehicles so they may be driven on county roads. This comes as the result of the passage of […]

Final traffic statistics are in for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend from the Georgia State Patrol. During the 102 weekend which began at 6p Wednesday November 22 and ended at 11:59p on Sunday, November 26, Troopers investigated 12 fatal traffic crashes, and local law enforcement agencies investigated six fatal traffic crashes resulting in 23 deaths across Georgia last weekend. In Troop […]