Category: News

The Oak Bower Baptist Church is celebrating a milestone. It’s their 125th anniversary. Reverend Tommy Cleveland with Oak Bower Baptist Church says there will be a variety of pastors from this area speaking throughout the weekend. Cleveland said, “We’re having some great speakers that weekend. Rev. Doug Goss will be here that Saturday night Rev. Randy Perry will be here […]

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Crime Scene Unit from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are investigating a murder-attempted suicide.  According to Sheriff Stevie Thomas, a deputy was dispatched to the scene on Grady School road outside of Lavonia a little after 8:30 this morning.  A concerned neighbor had called 911 a few minutes earlier.  Upon arrival, investigators found […]

The Hart County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday. One of the things discussed at the meeting was the Emergency Services employees leave pay. Hart County Commissioner John Camie explains the issue. “The way that we have our leave is based on the shift that somebody has. If somebody has an eight hour shift, they’ll get a certain number of […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hartwell Lake Office will open four recreation areas for archery and small game hunting during the regular 2015-2016 Georgia hunting season. These areas include: Paynes Creek Recreation Area, Hart County (399 acres) Hartwell Dam Quarry Area, Hart County (410 acres) New Prospect Recreation Area, Hart County (34 acres) Jenkins Ferry Recreation Area, Stephens County […]

Hart County Head Start / Early Head Start / Pre-K is still taking new applications for all of their fall programs. For the Head Start prgram, children must be 3 or 4 years old on or before September 1, 2015 to be eligible for this program. Documents that are needed to determine eligibility are: Proof of birth ( such as […]