Author: MJ Kneiser

Nationwide, AAA expects to rescue more than 378,000 stranded motorists, during the Memorial Day holiday weekend – an increase of 5% from last year. The three most common reasons drivers call AAA are for flat tires, dead batteries, and lockouts. “As you finalize your travel plans for the holiday weekend, make sure your vehicle is ready for the road,” said […]

Voters are going to the polls today to cast ballots for local, and state races in the Georgia May Primary election. Today voters will go to their respective precincts to vote between 7a and 7p. Voters in Franklin County are deciding on who will fill seats in BOC Districts 1 & 2, BOC Commission Chair, Board of Education Post 1, […]

Capitol News Beat Service U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Friday outlined a series of steps the postal service is taking to improve service at a regional mail processing center in Palmetto. In a letter to U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., DeJoy announced that more than 100 personnel from across the postal service have been sent to the Atlanta Regional Processing […]

Vendors and Jeep fans – there is still time to register to take part in the Lavonia Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Jeep Fest event. As we’ve been telling you, this year’s Jeep Fest will take place in downtown Lavonia on Saturday, June 8th from 9a to 4p and Jeep fans from across our area are encouraged to come together […]

Hart County 911 is sponsoring a blood drive today at the Quality Foods on Benson St. In Hartwell from 3p to 6p. Right now hospitals are facing the worst blood donation shortage in decades because of severe recent weather in other parts of the country that have prevented donors from attending blood drives. And that has caused some hospitals to […]