Franklin Springs to Hold Yard Sale

The City of Franklin Springs is inviting people to bring their stuff to sell at a City-sponsored yard sale in October.  City Clerk Jackie Yearwood tells WLHR News the yard sale takes place Saturday, October 8th from 7a until… Hosted by the newly revived Franklin Springs Downtown Development Authority, Yearwood said  the yard sale is open to everyone and there’s […]

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FBI Warns Against Technical Support Fraud

The FBI is warning the public about a Technical Support Fraud currently targeting older Americans. Technical Support Fraud involves a criminal posing as technical support to defraud unwitting individuals. The scam begins with a computer intrusion. Victims of this scam experience a frozen computer followed by a pop-up on their screen advising that their computer has been hacked. The pop-up […]

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Paulding County Man Killed in I-85 Wreck

A Paulding County man is dead after a wreck Monday morning on I-85 in Franklin County.  According the Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post Sgt. J. R. Dean, it happened about 6:45a Monday morning near mile marker 172 . Sgt. Dean said a 2002 Ford Expedition driven by 19-year old James Allen Hardin, of Hiram, Georgia, was traveling northbound on Interstate […]

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Ed Roberts

Mr. Buren Edwin “Ed” Roberts, 88, of Bowersville, Georgia, died on Friday, September 23, 2022, at his home.  Funeral services will be held in the Pruitt Funeral Home Chapel at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2022.  The body is at Pruitt Funeral Home where family will receive friends at Pruitt Funeral Home from 12:00 p.m. until funeral hour on […]

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Thornton Brown

Mr. Chandler Thornton Brown, 82, of Hartwell, Georgia, died on Thursday, September 22, 2022, at his home.  A private memorial service celebrating the life of Thornton will be held at a later date by the family.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to your local Hospice Organization or Humane Society.  Online condolences may also be sent to the […]

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