Author: MJ Kneiser

Three people are hospitalized after the vehicle they were in rolled on I-85 Sunday. It happened about 1:15p Sunday afternoon at mile marker 176 Southbound.  According to reports, three people were inside the vehicle when it rolled over. EMS units were called from Franklin and Stephens County and all three were transported to local hospitals. The cause of the wreck is […]

The Georgia Department of Education has been awarded nearly $180 million to support literacy efforts in the state’s K-12 public schools through the federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant. Georgia will receive a total of $179,174,766 over five years to continue the Literacy for Learning, Living, and Leading in Georgia (L4GA) initiative, which aims to improve literacy outcomes for students […]

The Franklin County Chamber of Commerce celebrated its members with its annual awards banquet last week. This year, about 100 members attended the event last Thursday at the Franklin-Hart Airport Hangar where several members were honored for their service to the citizens of Franklin County. Winning the Charles E. Bradshaw Good Citizen of the Year award was Patsy Watklins, co-founder […]

If you plan to vote in November and you have not registered, have moved since you voted last , or are just not sure if you are registered, you have until close of business today to get registered. You can register in several different ways, either in person at the County Board of Elections office, on campus if you’re a […]

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for the seventh year in a row, St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia is providing free mammograms to uninsured women in Franklin and Hart counties. Breast cancer is the second most common kind of cancer in America, and about 1 in 8 women born today in the United States will develop […]