Author: MJ Kneiser

A local minister and active community member is the recipient of the Keys to the City of Royston. Royston Mayor Keith Turman and the City Council took time out of their meeting Tuesday evening to honor the Rev. Bobby Berryman by presenting him with the Keys to the City. The Rev. Berryman is Pastor of Ruckers Grove Baptist Church in […]

The Franklin County Board of Education will hold public hearings next Thursday on their intention to raise property taxes by 4.89 percent. Earlier, the Board adopted a millage rate of 14.471 mill, which is an increase of 0.674 mils. According to the Board of Education without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more than 13.797 mills. […]

The attorney for Jeremy Green will be back in Hart County Superior Court next month to submit motions before his case goes to trial. Green was indicted in August 2021 on six counts of child molestation and rape while employed at the Bell Family YMCA in Hartwell. The indictment alleges Green molested and raped “a teenage girl under the age […]

Montavious Cantrel Winkfield has been indicted on eight counts by a Franklin County Grand Jury stemming from an incident that happened the day before he was allegedly involved in an officer-involved shooting in Toccoa. According to the indictment and the Lavonia Police incident report, it happened early on the morning of June 30. Winkfield allegedly approached a woman at the […]

Two more public forums will be held for Franklin County Citizens on the Joint Comprehensive Plan. Adam Hazell with the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission (GMRC) is assisting Franklin County and the cities of Carnesville, Canon, Franklin Springs, Lavonia, and Royston with an update of their joint Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan is a state-required document that helps shape and coordinate […]