Author: MJ Kneiser

Hart County Commissioner Ricky Carter and his son Jake have been indicted by a Hart County Grand Jury in connection with an assault on Carter’s brother-in-law in March. On Monday, the Grand Jury returned a True Bill with 11 counts. Ricky Carter was indicted on two counts of Aggravated Assault, and two counts of Possession of a Firearm during the […]

Franklin County is always in need of a few good men and women to serve in their volunteer fire departments. Now two firehouses are looking to the future in the hopes of getting a new generation interested in one day becoming firefighters in Franklin County. Next week, the Carnesville and Red Hill Fire Departments, along with Smitty’s BBQ will host […]

The Franklin Board of Commissioners will hold a called meeting tonight at 6p to consider a timeframe and procedures for additional Public Hearing(s), and the ultimate adoption of the Franklin County Unified Development Code. After over an hour of comments from concerned citizens last week, the Franklin County Planning Commission voted to table making any recommendations to the Board of […]

There will be two run-offs on June 21 for two County Commission seats. For the Post 1 seat, of the six Republican candidates, no one received the required 50% plus 1 of the votes to win. The front runner is Dennis Black who received 36.58% of the vote, followed by Tara Simmons who received 22.07% of the vote. The winner […]

The unofficial start to summer will be a busy one this year as AAA predicts 39.2 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend. AAA predicts this holiday weekend, 39.2 million people nationwide will travel this weekend, 34.9 million people plan to travel by car despite historic gas prices, 3-million by air, and just […]