Category: News

More work is planned for the historic Lavonia Cannery. The City took over the Cannery from the Franklin County School system last year.  Since then, the city has been working to make much needed repairs to the building to bring it back to full use. At the Lavonia City Council meeting Monday, City Manager Gary Fesperman said three more projects […]

Mike and Frank from the TV show, American Pickers are coming to Georgia in March and they are looking for places to…well, pick. If you are one of those people who has a stash of stuff you’ve been accumulating for years…maybe a garage, shed or barn just crammed with things you’ve been collecting, then producer of the show wants to […]

The Lavonia Downtown Development Authority is gearing up for another year of events all designed to showcase the town and what it has to offer. Lavonia’s theme is Big Time, Small Town and the DDA has a long list of events coming up in 2015 that they hope will a big time for everybody. At their regular meeting this week, […]

U.S. Representative Doug Collins is speaking out against what he is calling foot dragging by the White House in Jordan’s plea for help fighting ISIS. Jordan began airstrikes against ISIS strongholds yesterday in retaliation for the burning death of a Jordanian military pilot. King Abdullah was in Washington this week asking for more aid in his fight against the terrorist […]

A Hartwell man faces multiple charges after a high-speed chase in Toccoa last weekend. According to a Toccoa Police incident report, an officer observed a white SUV failing to maintain its lane early last Saturday morning, as it headed south on SR17. The officer reports that after he activated his blue lights and siren, the vehicle sped up to a […]