Category: News

Franklin County High School Seniors will trod the boards tonight to receive that much anticipated diploma. The Class of 2015 includes over 40 honors students. This year’s class Valedictorian is also the STAR Student. She is Abigail LeCroy. At the STAR student and honors breakfast in March, LeCroy challenged her classmates to keep pushing themselves towards excellence and never settle […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers are teaming up with the Departments of Natural Resources in Georgia and South Carolina to make sure people are safe on the waters of Lake Hartwell this summer. Park Ranger Scott Lusk, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said most people carry life jackets with them on their boats, but don’t always wear […]

Transportation and law enforcement officials across Georgia have kicked off DriveAlert ArriveAlive, a year-long multi-agency campaign to call attention to an alarming 25 percent increase in roadway fatalities in the first quarter of 2015 and how changes in driver behavior can help to decrease these numbers. DriveAlert ArriveAlive, implores motorists to help turn the tide on these increasing crashes and […]

The City of Toccoa has its budget in place for Fiscal Year 2016. Toccoa City Commissioners unanimously approved the budget for next fiscal year at their meeting Monday. Toccoa’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget totals just under $36.2 million and includes no change in the millage rate for city property owners and no change in utility rates for city water and […]

If you’re looking for things to do this weekend, there’s a lot going on. In Franklin County, the City of Lavonia is hosting a living history tour on Sunday at historic Burgess City Cemetery. Members of the Lavonia Historic Preservation Society will dress in period costume and offer visitors a look into Lavonia’s past and those who helped found the […]