Author: MJ Kneiser

By Charlie Bauder The Stephens County School System hires a new Director of Teaching and Learning. Tuesday, the Board of Education approved the hire of Dr. Phyllis Carson to that position. Stephens County School Superintendent Sherrie Whiten said that Dr. Carson’s position includes many different responsibilities. “Dr. Carson will be working with our teachers,” said Whiten. “She will be working […]

    A bombshell dropped last Thursday out of a called meeting of the Elbert County Board of Education. Only two items were on the agenda heading into the meeting, and they were an executive session and discussion about insurance coverage for the school district. Under new business, Board Chairman Ben Baker turned it over to School Superintendent Rick Higginbotham, […]

The Lavonia City Council will hear more tonight about their lower fiscal tax digest when they meet for their regular monthly meeting. This year’s tax digest for fiscal 2013 is lower than in years past. Last week, city manager Gary Fesperman said the lower digest has to do with a lack of real growth in the town in recent years. […]

  State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens says a storm that hit Georgia June 13 caused an estimated $50 million in insured losses. Hudgens said Monday that the figure could rise once all the claims associated with the storm are settled. The storm left more than 160,000 Georgia Power customers without service and caused two EF1 tornadoes in Cherokee and Cobb […]

Attorneys for both sides in the Wilbros’ civil suit are waiting to hear back from the judge after each completing their own proposed new joint order to replace a court order already in place. The Toccoa biofuel plant has been at the center of a civil law suit brought by the county, the Stephens County School Board, the City of […]