Author: Daniel Brown

A search warrant executed at a Franklin County home results in the arrests of three people in two unrelated cases.  On Wednesday, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Response Team (SRT) went to a residence located at 1535 Brown Road in Martin.  Franklin County Sheriff Scott Andrews says the search warrant was issued after a weeks-long investigation by the Franklin County Sheriff’s […]

An Elberton man is killed in a single-vehicle crash in Elbert County.  On Friday afternoon around 4:12, troopers with the Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post 52 responded to the wreck on Nickville Road near Sand Hill Road in Elbert County. Upon arrival, troopers found a red 2002 Chevrolet Silverado that had collided with a tree.  Investigators say the vehicle had […]

A Franklin County couple is due in Superior Court today to face felony neglect and murder charges in the death of Tommy Wayne Whitworth.  According to arrest warrants taken last month by the Franklin County Sheriff’s office, Sherry and Leland Raley face neglect, elder abuse, and murder charges.  Whitworth was the father of Sherry Raley.  In the arrest warrants for […]

After 40 years of service to the City of Lavonia and much of those years as the City Clerk, Angie Greer is retired, officially.  It was a packed house at the Lavonia Train Depot last week where a special reception was held to wish her a fond farewell as she moves into a new chapter of her life.  Greer says […]