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During a disaster, The Salvation Army relies upon trained disaster workers to coordinate emergency relief operations and deliver fast, efficient services to disaster survivors. Those workers are typically volunteers and this spring, the Toccoa Salvation Army office will be offering two training opportunities for those interested in helping others during a disaster. Toccoa center Director Rebecca Dixon says there are […]

Do you know someone with cancer, someone who is pregnant, or someone with sickle cell disease? If you answered yes, then you know someone who may need a blood transfusion. The Blood Connection Bloodmobiles will be in Hartwell and Toccoa next week for special blood drives to hopefully secure enough donations to help those patients. Bloodmobiles will be at the […]

A Royston man convicted in the murder of his roommate in 2021 is asking for a new trial. Attorneys for Makuia Deondre Williams will be back in Franklin County Superior Court on March 2 to petition for a new trial. On July 14, 2022, 43-year-old Williams was found guilty of murder by a Franklin County jury in the shooting death […]

Also asking for a new trial are two Atlanta gang members sentenced for the smash-and-grab robbery of the Hills’ Exxon in Lavonia three years ago. Attorneys for Undra Bradley and Vernard Xavier ONeal are expected back in Franklin County Superior Court on March 2nd to petition the court for a new trial. In the court filing dated June 7, 2021, […]

A Georgia Senate committee approved a sports betting bill late Monday with little discussion. The Senate Economic Development Committee passed the legislation 8-1 and sent it on to the Rules Committee to schedule a vote of the full Senate. Senate Bill 57 would allow sports betting both online and in person at kiosks that could be placed inside a variety […]