Author: MJ Kneiser

By State Representative Alan Powell, HD 33 The General Assembly spent the second week of the session for the purpose of Joint Appropriations Budget Hearings to hear Gov. Brian Kemp’s $32.5 billion budget proposal. Every year these hearings begin with the Governor presenting his budget – legislation that lays out key proposals designed to better the lives of Georgians. This […]

        Last Tuesday, GBI agents and Hart County Investigators went to a home on Ridge Road Tuesday where they recovered what Sheriff Mike Cleveland said was a “trafficking amount of marijuana” along with cash and a handgun. On Wednesday another search warrant was conducted at another location, which resulted in an additional trafficking amount of marijuana, cash, […]

Today is the official start of the 2023 tax filing season and there is more help available for taxpayers this year. Beginning today the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2022 tax year returns. With the three previous tax seasons dramatically impacted by the pandemic, the IRS has taken additional steps for 2023 to improve service for taxpayers. As part […]

North Georgia Technical College has named Mark Fitzpatrick Chief of Campus Police effective Jan. 2, 2023. He began his law enforcement career with the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department in 1992 as a deputy sheriff. Fitzpatrick most recently served as special operations commander at Gwinnett County Police Department where he was responsible for the SWAT, aviation, K9, DUI, accident investigations, motors […]

In South Carolina, An investigation by Oconee County Animal Control has led to the arrest of a Salem woman on 17 counts of Ill Treatment of Animals. An Animal Control Officer responded to an address on Stamp Creek Road in Salem on Wednesday morning of last week in regards to a report of a dog attacking livestock and killing some […]