Author: MJ Kneiser

The South Carolina and Georgia Departments of Transportation have been awarded a grant from the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration for a planning and environmental linkage study of approximately 2.5 miles on the I-85 corridor from Georgia into South Carolina. The study will evaluate how best to replace or rehabilitate a bundle of six rural bridges in South […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hartwell Dam and Lake Project Office is seeking volunteers for the fall “Splash Away the Trash” event on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in support of National Public Lands Day. Families, friends, scout groups, civic organizations, church groups, schools, sports clubs, and businesses, can volunteer to help keep the lake clean by gathering litter and […]

If you signed up with Car Shield for auto repair protection, you may be getting your money back. CarShield, along with American Auto Shield, LLC (AAS), the administrator of its vehicle service contracts has agreed to pay $10 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its advertisements and telemarketing for car repair contracts are deceptive and misleading and that […]

Remains found Friday in Banks County could be those of a man who’s been missing since mid-June. Over the weekend, Banks County Sheriff Carlton Speed said the remains were discovered Friday in a wooded area near Harden Bridge Road. The remains were identified as human and found during a search for Charles “Eddie” Ramsey, a man reported missing by his […]

On Saturday, August 10, at approximately 06:45 PM the Hart County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a possible drowning at Elrod’s Ferry Recreation Area. “Deputies responded to the scene and found that a 45-year-old male was out in the lake approximately 25-30 yards off the bank on a float,” Carroll said. “Witnesses said the male fell off the float and […]