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The Royston City Council is expected to discuss their next move in finding a new city manager. Last month, former city manager Greg Scott announced he was resigning to take a position with the the 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron of the U.S. Air National Guard at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa. Scott had been city manager since 2007.   […]

By David Stephens, WSGC Radio, Elberton Elbert County’s population is in decline. That’s according to numbers recently put out by the U.S. Census Bureau, which, in its 2013 population estimates noted the county had a population of 19,599 – down from 20,166 in 2010 when the last U.S. Census was taken. Elbert County Administrator Bob Thomas says the loss in […]

The Georgia Department of Agriculture is looking for ten schools to participate in a new initiative designed to get locally grown produce and other products into school cafeterias. On Monday, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black announced a new initiative called, the “Georgia Grown Test Kitchen.” School nominations are now being taken online at Georgiagrown.com through May 9. The new […]

Rain has again pushed back the re-dedication of the Royston Baseball fields that was set for tonight. “The Franklin County Little League Board has cancelled the opening games scheduled for this evening,” said Royston Police Chief Donnie Boleman Monday morning. Boleman, who helped spearhead the renovation of the Joe T. Cunningham Ball Fields said a special ribbon cutting ceremony and […]

Franklin County Commissioners are expected to get an update this evening on their request to update the county’s land use ordinance. At their work session last month,  the board heard from commissioner Clint Harper who said it’s time for the county to re-evaluate its zoning laws.  Harper said some of the ordinances don’t make sense. For example, Harper pointed to […]