Author: MJ Kneiser

If you’re looking for a gift for the outdoorsman or woman on your Christmas list, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources says you might want to consider giving them a one-year season Combo Pass. The Combo Pass is good at 36 lakes, 7 waterfalls, 3 canyons, and a gold museum, for a total of 60 Georgia State Parks & Historic […]

Early voting begins today in Franklin and Hart counties for the December 6 run-off. U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock and challenger Republican Herschel Walker, the former University of Georgia and NFL football star, were forced into a Dec. 6 runoff because neither won a majority in the midterm election this month. Early in-person voting ends this Friday, Dec. 2, and there […]

The City of Royston will hold its annual tree lighting this evening from 5p to 8p at the Royston Train Depot. DDA Director Michael Crump says the evening will be filled with lots of activities for the family. “The holiday market will be open from 5p to 8p as part of the tree lighting,” Crump explained. “We’ll have the mini […]

Bond hearings were held recently for eight of the 11 suspects arrested in a multi-agency gang investigation in Hart and Franklin Counties. On November 17, Tyrickus Miller, Deandre Watford, Lendarrius Keese of Lavonia, Kimothy Brown Jr. also of Lavonia, Trenton Shoemaker, Larjarvis Rucker, Quentin Simpson, and Laterrell Alexander went before a judge in Hart County Superior Court. According to a […]