Gville's Massey honored by Brenau; Gville, Hall Labor Day info

*Brenau University honored alumna and longtime supporter Kayanne Shoffner Massey with a special dedication of the Kayanne Shoffner Massey Tiger’s Den student lounge recently. The placard unveiled at the ceremony features a quote from Massey: “Kindness is magic.” The gift was made in Massey’s honor by her late husband, Abit, only months before his passing a few weeks ago.

*Gainesville and Hall County have announced which services and will not be available next Monday which is Labor Day. Click here for that information:

News Flash • Gainesville offices closed Labor Day: Monday, S

News Flash • Hall County offices to close, adjust schedules

About the Author

Ken Stanford is Online News Editor for GLORY 97.5, a position he has held since August 2022.

Ken was born in Moultrie, Georgia, and says he knew from the time he was 5 or 6 he wanted to be a “radio announcer.” That dream was realized when he was hired by Moultrie radio station WMTM in 1960 at the age of 15 as a weekend disc jockey. A 1963 graduate of Moultrie (now Colquitt County) High School, he has spent his whole career in Georgia working for stations in Atlanta, Marietta, and Gainesville – most recently as News Director for 40 years at WDUN in Gainesville. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force Reserves.

Ken retired in 2011 but came out of retirement last year to help GLORY, on a part-time basis, beef-up its online news presence.

He is the recipient of many Associated Press awards and is a former judge of state and national Associated Press broadcast news contests. In 2005, he was presented with the Georgia Associated Press Broadcasters Association’s President’s Award for Excellence in Journalism and in 2019 was inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame.

He lives in Gainesville with his wife of 52 years, the former Sandra McKnight of Clio, Alabama, and they have one child, a daughter, Lisa, who lives in Cumming with her family.