Author: MJ Kneiser

A man found shot to death in Northwest Atlanta this week was from Lavonia. According to a report on Fox 5 Atlanta, 41-year old Wallace Vaughn’s body was found Monday off Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway just after 1 a.m. Atlanta Police said it appeared Vaughn died of a gunshot wound. So far, Atlanta police have no suspects and no witnesses […]

The third of three-bill credits associated with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 will be applied directly to Georgia Power customers’ bills this month. These credits are a result of the reduction in Georgia Power’s federal corporate tax rate from 35% down to 21%. Georgia Power customers will receive the February credit totaling $106 million based upon energy […]

Franklin County is now a Second Amendment Sanctuary County. The Franklin County Board of Commissioners uanimously adopted the resolution at their regular meeting Monday night. Before calling for a vote, Commissioner Ryan Swails likened the efforts at gun control to tyranny. “Tyranny is a word that’s thrown around quite a bit, and usually it’s tied into rights and freedoms. It […]

Franklin County is mourning the passing of County Marshall Chris Ayers. Ayers died early Monday morning at Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force and became a Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy in 1999. He had been the Franklin County Marshall since 2001. At the […]

The City of Lavonia will not be lowering their millage rate to offset the proposed T-SPLOST At a recent meeting of the Franklin County Industrial Building Authority, IBA Chairman and Franklin Springs Mayor challenged the municipalities in the County to cut their millage rates by two mils. Lee is quoted in the Franklin County Citizen newspaper as saying that if […]