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Officials will be gathering this morning in Lavonia for the ground breaking of the new Hampton Inn. The Hampton Inn will be built across from the Holiday Inn Express at the 173 exit on SR17.  The new motel is being built by OM Ventures2, LLC developers. Plans for the new motel have been in the works for about a year, […]

Franklin County’s board of Commissioners expected to vote a two keyissues when they meet for their regular meeting tonight. The first, is their decision to transfer an extra $14,000 to the Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter budget. When the Board of Commissioners passed their FY14 budget in June, they had budgeted $56-thousand dollars for the shelter, even though their share of […]

State lawmakers from Georgia and South Carolina, including both Governors, will be attending a Joint State Legislative Caucus Summit next week at the Big Oaks Recreation Center in Hartwell to begin talks on how to improve the managing of the Savannah River waters. Both Georgia Governor Nathan Deal and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will be attending the caucus on […]

No charges will be filed against the driver involved in a fatal wreck in Wal-mart parking lot in Hartwell last week. According to Frank Young, Georgia State Patrol Public Information officer, a  1995 Lincoln Towncar was backing out of the parking space at an accelerated speed. The vehicle spun completely around and its back end rested on top of the […]

By David Stephens, WSGC Radio, Elberton A rough last couple of months financially have caused Elbert Memorial Hospital to make some significant cuts to expenses. Elbert Memorial Chief Executive Officer Jim Yarborough said it’s a culmination of things that have contributed to the last few months. “It’s a combination of things, it’s like the perfect storm against us”, said Yarborough. […]