Author: MJ Kneiser

The city of Lavonia is closing part of a road most people don’t even know the name of but likely have often used. It’s the Jones St. Extension. That’s the little road in front of what used to be Ron’s Florist and the Synovus Bank building. The Lavonia City Council approved the first reading of the Jones Street Traffic Change […]

The following school districts have announced school closings for Friday due to the threat of high winds and rain from Tropical Storm Nicole: Franklin County schools Banks County schools Stephens County schools Habersham County schools

The City of Lavonia may one day be selling water to Franklin County. At their meeting Monday, the City Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding with Franklin County to sell them water when the County deems it necessary. City Manager Charles Cawthon emphasized, however, that the MOU is not a contract, but rather what he called more of a firm […]

Lavonia Police will soon have a new way to capture tag numbers and other information on suspicious vehicles. It’s called the Flock Safety system. According to their Website, Flock Safety’s patented Vehicle Fingerprint™ technology lets law enforcement search by vehicle make, color, type, license plate, state of the license plate, missing plate, covered plate, paper plate, and unique vehicle details […]

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners has approved a plan to allow citizens to form a Unified Development Code Committee. In discussions at their meeting this week, the Board heard from County attorney Bubba Samuels who pointed out that if the County forms the committee, it would have to be publicly advertised as a county meeting.  Another option, he said, is […]