Author: MJ Kneiser

Time to spring forward this weekend. Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday at 2:00 a.m., so remember to set your clocks ahead one hour Saturday night before going to bed. Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King says it’s also a good time to change your smoke alarm batteries when you change your clocks. “The annual change to daylight […]

Franklin County Commissioners will meet for a special called meeting next Monday evening as they continue to struggle with how best to regulate residential growth. The issue before them is how best to control the impact of future residential growth so it doesn’t become a burden on the school system, taxpayers, and county services. Pointing to Hart and Banks counties, […]

Qualifying for Franklin and Hart County races continues today through noon Friday. Both counties are holding elections May 24 for County Commission and Board of Education races. On Wednesday, Board of Education member Randall Gailey qualified for his Post 3 seat. So far, no one has qualified to run against him. For the BOE Post 4 seat, incumbent Alan Mitchell […]

Two Lavonia Eagle Scouts will be working on projects that will continue to make improvements to the Scout Hut behind Lavonia City Hall. At their meeting, Monday, Eagle Scouts Jaden Willette and Brant Tyson presented their plans to the City Council and Mayor for approval. Willette asked the Council to approve his plan to build an observation platform for the […]

North Georgia Technical College will offer new additional classes for Commercial Truck Driving beginning in the summer semester to meet the increased demand resulting from federal and state changes. As of February of this year, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Entry Level Driver Training regulations now require entry-level drivers to successfully complete training through a technical school or other […]