Author: MJ Kneiser

The Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter is holding its annual rabies clinic this month. Shelter director Sheri Lockhart said the clinic is coming up in two weeks. “We will be doing our rabies clinic on Saturday, April 13th from 10a to 3p,” Lockhart said. “Regular rabies vaccine is $5, a three-year vaccine is $10. However, your pet has to have already […]

Early voting begins today in Hart County for the April 16th run – off in the race for Hart County Magistrate Judge. The race is between Thomas Jordan and Todd Townsend.  Jordan received 815 votes or 22.51% of the votes, while Townsend got 880 or 24.31%. Seven candidates originally vied for the seat left vacant when former Chief Magistrate Judge […]

Lavonia City council members will hear the second reading tonight of an amendment to their nuisance ordinance that changes what kind of debris the city will and will not pick up. The amendment to the city’s nuisance ordinance will ban the dumping of debris at the curbside.  City manager Gary Fesperman  said debris left at the curb is clogging up […]

Officials with the Georgia Office of Adult Education and the state’s 46 GED® testing centers are urging students to finish the current version of the GED test before it expires at the end of 2013. The version used now will be replaced nationally with a new GED test on January 2, 2014.  Those who have taken the current GED test, […]

The City of Franklin Springs is setting up a new fund to pay for upgrades to their computer equipment in municipal court and in the police station. At their meeting last week, the council voted to set up a 70 Mutual Fund for technology related costs. City clerk Jackie Yearwood said the revenue for the fund would come from police […]