Author: Andrew Hornick

Just a reminder there is no advance voting today for the Franklin County  municipal races or Hartwell municipal races.    Voters in Franklin County municipalities will go to the polls tomorrow to cast their ballots for city council races in Lavonia, Carnesville, Canon, and Royston as well as four county alcohol referendums.    Hartwell voters will also be voting for […]

People over the age of 65 and the medically homebound may begin today to sign up with Ninth District Opportunity for help with their winter heating and water bills.    Ninth District Opportunity Program Director Brenda Dalin, tells WLHR News the program is available for residents in the 13-county region they serve, which includes Franklin, Hart, Stephens, Madison, and Banks […]

Franklin County Commissioners will go back to in-person meetings at the Justice Center in Carnesville beginning with their regular meeting next Monday.    At their work session Tuesday evening, Commission Chair Jason Macomson pointed to the lowering COVID numbers over the past month.   Jason Macomson trt: 39 oc: be fine   Commissioner Ryan Swails said he was fine either […]

An Athens man has been sentenced to life in prison in the shooting death of an Elberton man last summer.    Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Parks White said 53-year old Robert Lee Scott Jr., of 1465 E. Broad St. in Athens was found guilty of murder, and  felony murder in the death of John L. Gaines of Elberton.   […]