Author: Andrew Hornick

Around 1:45 pm Tuesday afternoon a deputy with Franklin County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop on a 2010 Black Mercedes traveling northbound on I-85 that occupied by a male subject. The vehicle had a bent license plate. Once a traffic stop was initiated, the vehicle started accelerating at a high rate of speed attempting to elude from officers.  The […]

Continuing our look back at the top local stories in 2020, Lavonia starts the new year with a new mayor.   Former Lavonia Mayor Ralph Owens formally handed over the reins to new Mayor Courtney Umbehant in January.    After the swearing in, Umbehant officially assumed his mayoral duties by taking his seat on the City council bench.   Umbehant  […]

The Georgia General Assembly recently launched its new public website.   The new Website went live on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020 and is part of the state legislature’s multi-year software project to modernize its Legislative Management System.   House Speaker David Ralston said the new public website is the first phase of updating this legislative technology package.   The web […]

  Atlanta, GA – The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) is working with the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) on the implementation of the new and/or modified programs of the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 included in H.R. 133, the omnibus spending bill. This bill reached Congressional consensus Tuesday night with both chambers passing the legislation and […]

    Clarkesville, GA — North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) recently received top awards from the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) honoring the college’s board members and volunteers.    The NGTC Board of Directors earned the Technical College Directors’ Association board certification for the entire board for the ninth consecutive year.    To earn the designated certification, all board […]