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The Lavonia Police Department is at the forefront of raising money for this year’s Franklin County March of Dimes campaign. At a special breakfast presentation Tuesday morning, Police Chief Bruce Carlisle, along with Lavonia Mayor Ralph Owens presented March of Dimes Community Director Kimberly Eldridge with a check for over $5,000. Eldridge said the money will be used to help […]

Franklin County commissioners will soon begin work on their 2015 fiscal budget. County manager John Phillips said before work on the budget begins, he needed to know how the budget process should be handled. Board chair Thomas Bridges said he liked the way the process evolved last spring in which the board heard from department heads and constitutional officers regarding […]

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department is welcoming two new freshman deputies. Sheriff Stevie Thomas said Antwan McCurry and Luke Bennett graduated from the Georgia Police Academy on March 21.   Thomas said the two underwent many long hours of training at the academy. “They participated in 11 weeks and 408 hours of basic law enforcement training courses,” Thomas said. “The courses […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The investigation into the homicide of a Toccoa man has now moved into its second week. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said his investigators along with agents from the Georgia Bureau Of Investigation are remaning tight- lipped regarding the circumstances surrounding  the death of 28-year-old Montavious Xavier Flentall last Tuesday. But Jarrell says they […]

The 2014 session of the Georgia General Assembly came to an end late in the evening on March 20. During the session’s final week, the House of Representatives and Senate completed work on the state budget for fiscal year 2015 and took action on a number of key issues but were unable to agree on some major legislation.  In the […]