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People living and working in Royston may find some inconvenience for a time beginning this weekend as the Georgia Department of Transportation begins a major road resurfacing project. Beginning Sunday night, the GDOT will be resurfacing State Route 8/US 29 from Cobb Memorial Street in Royston to State Route 51 in Downtown Hartwell. GDOT spokesperson Teri Pope said the goal […]

“Arrggg,” it’s Talk Like A Pirate night tonight at the annual Taste of Franklin event in Franklin Springs. Sponsored by the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, spokesperson Aida Reynolds said the theme this year is Pirates of the Caribbean. “We’re doing a Caribbean/Pirates of the Caribbean theme and because it’s a family event, we’re asking people to come dressed in […]

Franklin County manager Billy Morse has tendered his resignation to the Franklin County Board of Commissioners. At the end of the Franklin County Board of Commissioners work session Tuesday night, Morse announced he will take his old job back in Toccoa as the Toccoa City Manager. “I have accepted and signed a contract with the City of Toccoa,” Morse said. […]

A Lavonia man, charged in a string of burglaries over a two-year period, has pled guilty to all counts and now awaits sentencing. 21-year old Keibron Brock pled guilty in Franklin County Superior Court Tuesday morning to eight counts of burglary, one count of armed robbery, one count of aggravated assault and three counts of possession of a firearm during […]

 Two people in Franklin County are recovering after a domestic argument resulted in shots fired. It happened Saturday night at a home on Highway 145 outside of Royston. Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas said his officers were called to the home late Saturday night after one of the residents, identified as Shannon Cartwright, age unknown, told dispatchers she and her […]