Author: MJ Kneiser

Board-certified family care physician Dr. Devin Stephens is now seeing patients one Thursday a month in the offices of Sacred Heart Primary Care (SHPC), located in the medical office building at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia. Appointment times are available from 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., except from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. when the office is closed for […]

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) reports With the school year starting again, social media is full of adorable back-to-school photos. Often, these pictures feature a child holding a “first day of school” sign with basic information, such as their name and grade. But before you jump on the trend and snap a similar picture of your little one, the Better […]

A second accident on Lake Hartwell this weekend took the life of a Banks County man. According to Hart County Sheriff’s Chief Investigator Chris Carroll and Mark McKinnon with the Georgia DNR, at about 8p a call came into 911 regarding a possible drowning at the Hartwell Marina. “The Hart County Sheriff’s Office, Ga DNR, Hart County Emergency Management, Hart […]

A Lavonia man is dead and his brother was charged after a fatal accident on Lake Hartwell over the weekend. According to DNR spokesman Mark McKinnon, it happened around 11:45p Friday night near the Poplar Springs boat ramp in Franklin County. He said initial reports were that two brothers were operating personal watercraft when they collided head-on. Franklin County Coroner […]

Lavonia Police are encouraging citizens to make sure their identity is protected after an undocumented immigrant was found to be using a stolen identity and working at a business in Lavonia. Lavonia Chief Investigator Lt. Wayne Mitchum said that in June the Lavonia Police Department received a report of a female suspect using someone else’s identity for employment. “Investigator Brian […]