Author: MJ Kneiser

The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety says slow down or expect to get a speeding ticket. That is the message from state and local law enforcement officers in five southeastern states where “Operation Southern Slow Down” starts Monday. This is the eighth year for the week-long speed awareness and enforcement campaign that runs from July 15-21 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, […]

By Jessica Waters, WNEG Radio, Toccoa In Toccoa-Stephens County, the start of the 2024-25 school year is now less than a month away, and the date for the annual Back to School Prayer Motorcade is set to take place on Saturday, July 27. The first Back to School Prayer Motorcade was started some 20 years ago by a middle school […]

The Franklin County Charter School System has a new Athletic Director and a new Middle School Principal. After a special called Board of Education meeting Monday morning, the Board announced that Jason Swiney has been appointed the new Athletic Director. He replaces Clay Moore who resigned at the end of June. Swiney was hired by late School superintendent Chris Forrer […]

Lavonia Eagle Scout Troop 51 is working with the Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter and Shearhouse Nursey on a new landscaping project for the front of the shelter’s new adoption wing. Eagle Scout JJ Ginn said the plan is to brighten up the grounds around the shelter and new adoption wing with new plantings and brickwork. Ginn said all of the […]

Three other Eagle Scouts from Troop 51 were proud to show off their individual projects last week to the Lavonia City Council and Mayor Courtney Umbehant. The projects all benefit the citizens of Lavonia in some way. The Scouts recently added a new firepit behind the Scout Hut as part of the effort to renovate and make improvements to the […]