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By Chad Dorsett, SKY93, Clayton, GA In Rabun County, nine people have pleaded guilty in a recent Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization or RICO case for their part in an organized burglary ring. According to the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office and the Rabun County District Attorney’s Office, David Lee Frady, the suspected leader of the ring, was found guilty by a […]

Another threat to the RitzUSA plant in Hart County. On Monday, the Company went into lockdown after Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland said the plant had received a threat via the Internet that someone was planning to come there and start shooting. Multiple law enforcement agencies descended on the plant Monday morning and stayed through noon after it was determined […]

OSHA is investigating the accident last week at the Vulcan Materials quarry in Jackson County that killed a 16-year-old boy. The victim is identified as Brian “Bubba” Thigpen of Jefferson County, GA near Augusta. Vulcan Materials is the company planning to put in a rock quarry on acreage on Highway 59 in Lavonia where the old Milliken plant once stood. The […]

A Royston man is facing charges after an accident in Lavonia involving a pedestrian. It happened around 11p Monday night on Jones St. According to the Georgia State Patrol Post 52 trooper who worked the scene, a Toccoa man, identified as 44-year-old Carlos Montez Bullard was struck crossing Jones St. By a 1999 Chevrolet S10 pickup driven by 42-year-old Russell […]

The Franklin County Board of Education will hear the second and final reading of their 2023 proposed budget this evening before their work session. At the first reading last week, School System Finance Director Chez Maxwell went over the proposed budget. He said total revenues for FY23 are just over $40.7 million, which includes $22.3 million from the State and […]