Author: MJ Kneiser

The Better Business Bureau’s Students of Integrity scholarship application deadline is approaching soon. Students who are interested in applying need to have their applications into the BBB Atlanta office by 11:59p Monday, Feb. 28. The BBB Students of Integrity Scholarship is a unique video-based submission that awards high school seniors up to $5,000 who demonstrate a superior understanding of ethics. High […]

The Georgia State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the tragic death of a little girl over the weekend, killed when her house caught fire. According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s office, it happened about 11:30p Saturday night at home in Hoschton on Skelton Rd. According to the press release, a caller to 911 told dispatchers the home was engulfed in […]

Two White County men have been charged with the sexual exploitation of children. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit, the arrests came last Thursday after an intensive multi-agency investigation. The investigations began after the GBI received independent and unrelated cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children involving the possession and/or […]

The Georgia State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the tragic death of a little girl over the weekend, killed when her house caught fire. According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s office, it happened about 11:30p Saturday night at home in Hoschton on Skelton Rd. Jackson County Sheriff Janis Mangum said in a press release, a caller to 911 told dispatchers […]

The Franklin Springs City Council has voted to annex and rezone two large pieces of property in the hopes of attracting new business and industry. At their meeting last Thursday evening, the City Council voted first to annex 146 acres on Highway 145/US29 into the city limits.  Later, they voted to zone the property industrial. The Council also voted to rezone […]