Author: MJ Kneiser

Members of the Franklin County Industrial Building Authority have voted to authorize their attorney to enter into litigation with the Franklin County Tax Commissioner’s office regarding the Commissioner’s request that members sign an affidavit regarding a 2019 CUVA breach payment. At their February meeting, the IBA Board said they had no knowledge of who had paid over $80,000 in CUVA […]

Five graduating seniors at Hart County High School have committed to pursuing a career in education. On Wednesday, the Hart County Charter System announced that Sawyer Boyd, Gracie Cook, Kerrigan Johnson, Au’Brionna McIntosh, and Micah Reese participated in Georgia’s Future Educators Signing Day, a statewide initiative sponsored by the Georgia Department of Education, on Tuesday, April 30. In an effort […]

Sage Automotive Interiors has announced the closure of its Avalon Plant on Historic Highway 17. The closing means the loss of about 140 jobs in the area. In a press release this week, Company officials say the lay-offs will occur in monthly stages beginning June 30. However, in lieu of layoffs, the Company is also giving employees the option of […]

Hart County Elections Supervisor Robin Webb is encouraging voters who plan to vote absentee to make sure they get their paper ballots mailed in early. Recently both US Senator Jon Ossoff and US Representative Andrew Clyde have blasted US Postmaster Louis DeJoy for the debacle created when he closed the regional postal distribution centers in metro Atlanta, north Metro, Macon, […]

In Elbert County, A Bowman man will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to killing his girlfriend on New Year’s Day, 2023. According to Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Parks White, 35-year-old Andrew Nicholas Berry pleaded guilty this week to murder and Cruelty to Children in the First Degree and was sentenced to life in […]