Author: MJ Kneiser

The search goes on Monday for escaped prisoner Keibron Brock, 20.  Late Friday morning, Brock managed to climb over the wall and razor wire of the Franklin County Detention Center in Carnesville and disappear. Franklin County authorities, along with canine units from the Department of Natural Resources and other local law enforcement agencies searched a wooded area near the detention […]

Franklin County commissioner have pushed back their scheduled budget work session from this afternoon to this evening. The meeting will take place at the County Commission office in Carnesville tonight at 6p. Tonight, they are not expected to hear from department heads, but will discuss the budget in general and requests from the various departments. Last week, the board heard […]

The Wilbros civil trial will not start next Tuesday as was first scheduled. Stephens County, the City of Toccoa, the Stephens County School System, and a non-profit group,  Concerned Citizens of Toccoa-Stephens County, are suing the biofuel, rendering plant over the noxious odors coming from the operation on Rose Lane in Toccoa.  The plant is located at the corner of […]

Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 8.2 percent in April. The rate was down two-tenths of a percentage point from 8.4 percent in March and nine-tenths of a percentage point from 9.1 percent in April a year ago. “At 8.2 percent, Georgia’s unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been since December 2008,” said State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. “While […]