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North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) recently announced students named to the President’s List and Honor Roll for spring semester 2023.   The Honor Roll recognizes full-time students with a 3.5 GPA. Ten Franklin County Students and five Hart County students were added to North Georgia Tech’s Honor Roll for the Spring semester. Students from Franklin County include: Ashley Bennett, Canon, […]

With the success of the Cookie with a Cop event last week, Lavonia Police Chief Shane Edmisten is planning more community relationship-building events. Chief Edmisten said Cookie with a Cop at the Lavonia Chick-Fil-A turned out to be a great event for his officers and the public. “Our first Cookie With a Cop went well. We had several kids show […]

The attorney for an Ellijay man charged with running a meth lab at a Canon horse farm is expected to be back in court today for a hearing on a motion to revoke bond. 35-year-old Dustin Tyler Burgess of Ellijay and 31-year-old Uriel Mendoza of Copperhill, Tennessee were arrested on August 24 2022 after a tip led to a multi-agency […]

As we’ve been telling you a number of communities and organizations are planning Memorial Day service events. Just added to the list is Harmony Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Canon. They will have a Memorial Day Program on Sunday, May 28 beginning at 3:00 PM. Pastor David Johnson of New Light Baptist Church in Lavonia Ga. will be the guest […]

Troopers with the Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post are credited with capturing a suspected kidnapper from Atlanta and rescuing two small children. It happened Tuesday on I-85 near mile marker 172 in Franklin County. “At about 1:40p Tuesday afternoon troopers conducted a traffic stop on I-85 Northbound on a vehicle matching the description in a BOLO issued out of Atlanta […]