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More good news for Georgia’s economy. Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was 6.9 percent. That’s down from 7.2 percent in November. The rate declined as holiday hiring boosted Georgia’s job total to just over 4.1 million. That’s the highest level since the beginning of the recession in December 2007. Additionally, state employers added hundreds of new jobs in […]

The blood letting continues in the Stephens County School System. On Thursday, the Stephens County School Board voted 6 to 1 to approve a human resources report that included 28 terminations and one resignation. School board member Rodney Moore, Jr. was the lone vote against the cuts. All of the terminations take effect on February 4 and all of the […]

The City of Franklin Springs has re-appointed all of its staff and employees for 2015. At their meeting Tuesday, the city council voted to re-appoint Bubba Samuels as the Municipal Court Judge, the law firm of Sanders, Smith & Ranck as the city attorneys, and Hulsey McCormick & Wallace as the town’s engineers. They also re-appointed Jackie Yearwood as the […]

Special counselors will be on hand at Franklin County High School today to help students work through the tragic loss of two of their classmates. According to GSP Hartwell Post Commander Al Whitworth, two teens are identified as 17-year old Timothy Hartman of Canon, and 17-year old Maleke Moon of Canon, were killed in an accident Wednesday.  Both were seniors […]

Franklin Springs has a new police officer. Franklin Springs Police Chief Daniel Ankerich told the City Council Tuesday he has hired Jerry Tollison as new part-time officer. “He lives in Royston and is close by,” Ankerich said. “He was looking for something part-time and just stay. So, if you see somebody different, that’s who it is.” Tollison is a full-time […]