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After more than 10 years with one CPA firm,  Franklin County will have a new CPA firm conducting their annual audit. At their regular meeting Monday, the board voted  to hire the firm of Dunkin & Kitchens of Clarkesville.  Franklin County has used the firm of Rushton & Company in Gainesville for its annual audits since the late 1990’s. But […]

Two local probation officers in the Northern Judicial Circuit are being recognized by the State Department of Corrections for outstanding service. “The awards are presented quarterly to one of the 900 probation officers throughout the state and are presented to  a Probation Officer who is a consistently high performer and who contributes to the overall mission of Probation Operations,” said […]

Inside the Lavonia Police Department an American flag now hangs that recently flew over an Army base camp in Afghanistan. Police Chief Bruce Carlisle said the family of Sgt Jonathon Wight recently presented his department with the flag. “A number of years ago, we became friends with a young man who lives here in Lavonia by the name of Jonathon […]

Rain washed out some events in the Northeast Georgia area and put a damper on others. In Franklin County, the Lavonia spring festival struggled along as planned Saturday with few people showing up because of the continued rain fall. However, in Hartwell, plans for the first “First Saturday” free concert at the Hartwell Marina were cancelled due to the showers. […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Still no word on the identities of three people who died Friday night when their car was struck by an Amtrak train in Stephens County. It happened about 9:45p Friday night when the Amtrak Crescent t-boned the vehicle on Grant Smith Road near the Summit subdivision, according to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley. “The […]