Category: News

The case of the City of Lavonia’s long battle to close a topless bar is now being studied by law students. Recently, the case of  Cafe’ Risque was featured in a white paper and published in the Communications Law Review. Written by Catherine Riley at Texas A&M University, the paper documents how in 2001 the City of Lavonia was duped […]

Franklin County Commissioners will hear from the public Tuesday night on the proposed fiscal 2015 budget. At a work session earlier this month, County manager John Phillips outlined the proposed expenses. “For the fiscal 2015 we’re looking at total expenses of $14,224,940.10,” Phillips said. “This is actually a slight decrease from what we were showing last year. It’s actually a […]

The Canada goose is an adaptable bird that can live in a variety of locations, including open farmland and rural reservoirs to suburban neighborhood ponds, office complexes, parks and other developed areas. But that proximity to people sometimes leads to frustration for property owners, especially in the summertime when everyone heads outdoors to potentially discover areas of feathers and feces. […]

This year’s newest Land of Spirit play debuts tonight at the Lavonia Cultural Center. Entitled, “Franklin Feudin’” the production was written and directed by Heather McCluskey and also includes 14 original songs by McCluskey. Performances are for two weekends only this year; this weekend and the weekend of June 27-29th. Show times are 7:30p Friday and Saturday night and at […]

The percentage of Georgia 8thgraders exceeding standards in all content-area Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) increased this year, including an eight percentage point increase in reading. Grade 8 students showed a two percentage point increase in English language arts, a three percentage point increase in mathematics, a three percentage point increase in science, and a two percentage point increase in social […]