Author: MJ Kneiser

Dave Williams, Capitol News Beat Service Single-family residential subdivisions built on large lots are gobbling up Georgia’s farmland at an alarming rate, the head of a nonprofit land preservation group said Tuesday. The Peach State lost about 2.6 million acres of farmland and 2 million acres of forest between 1974 and 2016, Katherine Moore, president of the Georgia Conservancy, told […]

Four people have been barred from the Lavonia Dill’s grocery store after an alleged shoplifting attempt. On Monday afternoon, July 22 Lavonia Police were called to the store after managers caught a man walking out of the store with a buggy full of food without paying for it. One of the managers said he saw the suspect just throwing food […]

A reminder for parents, your student will be able to eat free breakfasts and lunches at school this year at both Franklin and Hart County schools. In May, Franklin County School Superintendent Melanie Burton Brown announced that all students will be able to eat breakfast and lunch at school for free. Another benefit for school staff is the elimination of […]

A familiar furniture store that has been an anchor retailer in the Southeast for 120 years is closing its doors for good. Badcock Home Furniture & More, which has stores in Hartwell, Toccoa, Commerce, Clarkesville, and Cleveland as well as other stores in northeast Georgia, will be closing by the end of October. Badcock is owned by Texas-based Conn’s Home […]

The search for a missing Rabun County continues and authorities continue to ask for the public’s help. 77-year-old Vaughn Callenback went missing Sunday, July 7, and hasn’t been seen or heard from since. He is believed to have gone missing in the Old Coleman River Road area. His vehicle was located in the area but there’s been no sign of […]