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By David Stephens, WSGC Radio, Elberton In Elbert County, the question of who owns the MedLink building in Bowman is now settled. Bowman City Mayor Pete Gibbons said in a recent meeting that Bowman owns the original building, but about 15 year ago, Ty Cobb Healthcare added an addition. “So now we have a situation where the city of Bowman […]

Graduation rates in Franklin and Hart county high schools have increased over the past couple of years. That’s according to a new report issued by the State Board of Education. Overall, Georgia’s public high school graduation rate has increased for the third consecutive year, rising from 71.8 percent in 2013 to 72.5 percent in 2014, and rising a total of […]

Franklin County Commissioners are expected to vote on a number of initiatives when they meet for their regular monthly meeting this evening. Most notable is the plan to advertise for a contractor for phase one of the Franklin County Detention Center Expansion. The Board has been deliberating over the past year on how to add a four-pod extension to the […]

Just a reminder there is no early voting today. If you missed the deadline Friday, you will have to wait until tomorrow, Tuesday to cast your ballot in the Mid-term General Elections. Secretary of State Brian Kemp says as of Friday morning, 798,309 early ballots had been cast statewide.  Of that, just over 714,219 were cast in person.  Another  84,090 […]

Residents in Bowersville are being urged to vote YES Tuesday for the Bowersville SPLOST referendum. “This is no a new SPLOST tax, ” said Bowersville Mayor John Bailey. “It is  simply an adjustment to a current budget line item that will allow the town to use existing SPLOST monies to extend and improve our water system.” Bailey said Georgia law […]