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The Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter in Lavonia is augmenting its hours of operation over the July 4th holiday weekend. Shelter director Sheri Lockhart the change is due to the holiday falling on a Saturday this year. “That’s correct, on Friday we will be only be open from 11:00am until 12:00 noon. We will be in taking animals that day so […]

The Hart County Road Department is rerouting traffic at the intersection of Redwine Church Road and Airline Goldmine Road. Road Department head Paul Robinson said the intersection has been moved back toward the intersection with Rose Acres and the old segment is now closed to all traffic.  

The AutoZone Distribution Center  in Lavonia, GA is hosting an Open House today from 9AM-11AM and 1PM–3PM. They are seeking Professional Drivers and qualified Warehouse Workers with a solid work history and the ability to lift 50 lbs to join our team.  Auto Zone is located on Hwy 17 in Lavonia.  

Franklin County has a new budget for Fiscal 2016. At their work session Tuesday night, the board passed the new budget by a vote of 4-0 with Commissioner David Strickland voting against. Franklin County’s fiscal 2016 budget is just over $13.2 million, up from this fiscal year’s budget of $11.8 million. County Manager Beth Thomas said though unless the millage […]

The July Fourth holiday is typically the busiest travel period of the year. The 78-hour holiday period this year begins at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, and ends at midnight on Sunday, July 5. During that time, the Georgia State Patrol will be conducting concentrated patrols and road checks throughout the state. Hartwell Post Commander Sgt. Al Whitworth says […]