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Franklin County is taking its fight against the passage of HB170, the Transportation Funding Act, to the State Senate. House Bill 170, the Transportation Funding Act passed in the House last Thursday by a vote of 123 to 46 and is now on its way to the Senate. If it passes, the bill would convert the current gas tax system […]

Lavonia Police are asking for the public’s help to locate a car stolen from a restaurant parking lot over the weekend. According to Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle, it happened Saturday evening at the Pizza Hut on SR17. “When officers arrived they learned that a pizza delivery driver had parked his vehicle outside the restaurant with his keys inside and […]

A Carnesville man has been listed as one of UPS’s top safest drivers. UPS driver Ronnie McCannon of Carnesville was recently inducted into UPS’s prestigious Circle of Honor for achieving 25 years of accident-free driving. He, along with 70 elite drivers from Georgia are among 1,445 newly inducted into the company’s honorary organization. According to Company spokesman Dan McMackin, making […]

In Elbert County, authorities are asking retailers and other businesses across a several counties to be on the lookout for fake checks being passed in the name of a condominium association. Elbert County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Darren Scarborough said the sheriff’s office was notified last week about the checks being passed through an account in the name of Tallassee Condominium […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa In an effort to find cost savings where they can, the Stephens County School System is looking at the possibility of staggering school start times in order to reduce the number of needed bus drivers. In February, the Stephens County School Board voted 5-2 to have staff put together a proposal for staggering school […]