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The Franklin County Board of Education has signed off on their proposed fiscal 2015 budget, but it comes with a millage increase. The current school millage in Franklin County is 16.868 mils. The board is proposing raising the millage 1.75 mils to 18.618 mils. At their meeting earlier this month, the board voted to approve the FY15 budget for advertisement. […]

Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle is warning citizens to aware of a possible Social Security fraud scheme. Carlisle said he was recently notified by the Social Security confirming his online account – but Carlisle said he never set up the account.  He said he spoke to a Social Security representative, who went over a series of personal questions with him […]

Royston’s Ty Cobb Museum is now part of the Historic Quilt Trail. Last week, a group of chamber, government and museum leaders and employees gathered to unveil the new quilt. The Franklin County Quilt Trail is presented by the Lavonia Chamber of Commerce which paints and installs the quilt squares. Julie Ridgeway is the Curator and Director of the Ty […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Stephens County School System will become Georgia’s 30th Charter School System. In a statement released Thursday, Georgia Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle congratulated the Stephens County School System on its successful charter school system application to the state. Stephens County School System officials made their presentation recently to the State Board of Education seeking […]

It should be good fishing this summer on Hartwell Lake. About 458,000 striped bass were recently stocked in Lake Hartwell by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, including a stocking at Twin Lakes Recreation Area near the Pickens County/Anderson County line. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) used specially equipped fish hauling trucks to stock about 458,000 striped bass […]