Author: MJ Kneiser

Saturday is the deadline to participate in this year’s Salvation Army Angel Tree program. The Salvation Army in Toccoa put out their Angel Trees at local retailers for people to pick an angel ornament and help a child by providing new gifts for Christmas. Salvation Army Toccoa Service Center Director Rebecca Dixon says the Angel Tree Program is in its […]

State Senator Frank Ginn has lost his full-time job. According to a report in the Madison Journal Today, Ginn has agreed to leave his position as the Madison County Industrial Development Authority Executive Director. Ginn told the paper he and the County leadership have reached an agreement on his departure and that County Commission Chair Todd Higdon is, “winning. He […]

If you haven’t gotten into the holiday spirit quite yet maybe a couple of Christmas parades this weekend will do the trick. On Saturday evening, the City of Royston will host their annual Parade of Lights Christmas parade. “Our Christmas Market will be Saturday from 10a to 4p for people to do some Christmas shopping. And that will lead us […]

Hart County Commissioners will host a special meeting next week to hear from one of the foremost authorities on economic and residential growth. Dr. Jeffrey Dorfman is a professor at the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ Applied Economics Department. County Commission Chair Marshal Sayer next week’s regular meeting will feature a presentation by Dr. Dorfman on […]

The developer working with NVR, a national Home Builder planning to put in a truss factory behind the Flying J off Exit 160 in Franklin County, is asking the County to come up with $400,000 to help pay for a $1.2 million infrastructure project that would bring sewer, a pump station and force main to the property where the plant […]