Author: MJ Kneiser

As a precaution, the City of Lavonia Water Department is issuing a boil advisory effective immediately due to a broken main water line. Customers may experience low water pressure or no water at all. This boil advisory is to remain in effect until otherwise noted. The water boil advisory is issued for the Gumlog Area. The City of Lavonia Water […]

By State Representative Alan Powell Last week was qualifying week for the 2022 election cycle and the May 24, 2022, General Primary.  I qualified to run for House District 33, which will cover the areas I currently serve. Crossover Day was March 15 and last week we spent three long days in the House Chamber voting on a multitude of […]

Franklin County Commissioners have imposed a 90-day moratorium on the construction of new single and multi-family subdivisions. The move by the Board at a called session Monday evening is to give the County time to continue working on a plan to control the recent rapid growth of new subdivisions. One area that is still being firmed up is charging impact […]

Last weekend’s Franklin County Dump Day turned out to be better than expected. The dump day took place from 8a to noon last Saturday but by 12 o’clock they had to start turning people away. Commissioner Eddie Wester thanked those who did not get to dump their stuff for their understanding. “Thank you to all the public works people who […]

The City of Lavonia is revamping its golf cart ordinance to allow them for use by anyone with a permit. At their meeting last week, City Manager Charles Cawthon recommended the amendment. Under the current ordinance, only those age 55 and over are allowed to use a golf cart inside the city limits. Cawthon recommended eliminating the requirement and opening […]