Category: News

The Franklin County Sheriff’s office has lost one of its most trusted officers. On Friday, Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas announced the passing of the Department’s drug dog, Deputy K-9 Jax.  Jax died January 28th. Jax was a 4-yr old German Shepherd and was trained in narcotics and tracking. Jax lived with his Deputy, K-9 handler Harold Jordan and his […]

Ninth District Opportunity has funding available to local counties for emergency food and shelter programs. The funding was released to Georgia through the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA. Recipients of the funding were determined by a national board consisting of representatives from the American Red Cross, Catholic Charities USA, the National Council of […]

Georgia Department of Revenue officials say they’re already seeing numerous cases of scammers attempting to file fraudulent 2014 income tax returns. Department officials said in a statement late last week that they believe the personal information being used to file the fraudulent returns was gained through third-party security breaches. Officials say the Department of Revenue has flagged a significant number […]

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 […]