Author: MJ Kneiser

The City of Toccoa will celebrate Arbor Day on Friday, February 17. The ceremony will be held at Paul Anderson Park at 10:00 am and the community is invited. Arbor Day began in 1872 at the suggestion of J. Sterling Morton as a day set aside for tree planting and conservation of the earth’s resources. Toccoa has been a Tree […]

A Toccoa man has died after a one-vehicle wreck in Franklin County. According to SGT J.R. Dean, with the Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post, it happened Wednesday afternoon on SR59 near One Mile Road. Dean said a white 2013 Chevrolet Express van was traveling north on GA 59 when it traveled off the east shoulder of the roadway and struck a […]

Franklin County Commission Chair Jeff Jacques has announced plans by the Board of Commissioners to overhaul the current Building Inspection Program. At their work session Tuesday evening, Jacques went into some detail as to why the County will begin looking at setting up an in-house inspection and permitting system. Jacques first cited complaints from citizens regarding the delays and the […]

The Lavonia and Royston Pilot Clubs are co-hosting the Georgia Artists with DisAbilities art tour this weekend at the Royston Public Library. Georgia Artists with DisAbilities, Inc. was founded by the Pilot Clubs of Metro Atlanta in 1985, giving disabled artists throughout Georgia the opportunity to display and sell their original art, as well as compete for awards. Based on […]

The Hart County Community Theatre is holding auditions beginning Friday for their next production, The Sound of Music. Performances will be May 12 – 21. Set in Austria as the Nazi party is staging a takeover of the country in 1938, The Sound of Music tells the story of Maria, a woman on a journey of self-discovery that leads her […]