Category: News

A Royston man is facing larceny charges in Seneca South Carolina. On Monday, Seneca Police pulled over a vehicle driven by David Shane Spears of Royston at the intersection of Fairplay and 1st Sts. According to the incident report, during the stop officers saw an open container of alcohol in the vehicle. That prompted a search of the Spear’s truck. […]

Local Law Enforcement Agencies continue to receive reports from citizens of Social Security scams. The scams generally involve someone receiving a telephone call from a scammer who claims to be working with a federal agency. The caller informs the victim that their personal identifying information, usually involving their Social Security number, has been compromised and has been connected with a […]

The Franklin County Health Department nurses will be back at the Royston Housing Authority this morning to administer COVID vaccines to those age 12 and up. Vaccines will be given out today from 9a to 11a at 216 Hartwell St. In Royston. Those 12 and up will receive the two-dose Pfizer Covid Vaccine and those over the age of 18 […]

Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland is asking the County to provide an extra jailer at the Hart County Detention Center – that after one of his guards was severely beaten by an inmate earlier this month. Cleveland plans to ask for the extra guard when the Board of Commissioners meets tonight. “With 50+ inmates down there, one is tied up […]

A former Madison County man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty last week to firing an AK-47 assault rifle at a State Patrol trooper. Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Parks White said 24-year old old Timothy Damond Carruth Jr. entered the guilty plea in Madison County Superior Court last week. Carruth pleaded guilty to aggravated assault […]