Author: MJ Kneiser

A Stephens County man is charged with sexual exploitation of children by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. On Wednesday, December 7, 32-year-old Alan Savage, of Toccoa, was arrested and charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children by the GBI Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit. The GBI CEACC Unit began an investigation into Savage’s online activity after receiving […]

Former Hart County Commissioner RC Oglesby is expected to go to trial next summer on child exploitation charges. The charges stem from the investigation into charges against Oglesby of racketeering. In February 2021, Hartwell Assistant Police Chief Stan Sayer said when his officers were investigating the RICO case against Oglesby, they were assisting the GBI with an execution of a […]

Two people are charged with drug trafficking after a drug investigation in Canon. According to GBI Agent in Charge Trent Hillsman with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Officer, on Wednesday, December 7, a search was conducted at a residence in Canon, Franklin County, Georgia, related to a drug investigation. The investigation was conducted by the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office […]

A Hartwell woman has died after being hit while trying to cross a road. Sgt. JR Dean with the Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post said it happened Saturday evening just after 6p on Georgia Highway 8 near Norman Road. “Troopers from Post 52 (Hartwell) were dispatched to a single-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian with a report of fatal injury,” Dean […]

A poultry farmer in the Double Churches Community has lost a poultry house and the chickens inside. The fire broke out at the poultry farm on Paynes Road and Highway 320 Thursday night Dec. 9, destroying one of three poultry houses. Volunteer firefighters from Double Churches, Bold Spring, and Red Hill responded to the blaze at about 11:30p that night. […]