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Some Carnesville Elementary School students will have the opportunity in May to spend a day with Carnesville, Red Hill, Bold Springs, and Five Area Firefighters to learn about what it’s like to be a firefighter. Junior Firefighter Day takes place on May 25th from 9-3 pm at the Carnesville Fire Department for all interested Carnesville Elementary fourth and fifth graders. […]

A Lavonia woman is facing charges in Toccoa-Stephens County in what authorities at first thought were a possible case of kidnapping. It happened last week, according to Police Chief Jimmy Mize. Mize said that on March 22, officers from the Toccoa Police Department responded to a home on Lilly Lane in reference to the report of a possible kidnapping. When […]

Some changes to the open door policy at the Lavonia Police Department lobby. The lobby will now only be open during normal business hours from 7a to 3p. The change was announced Tuesday on the Department’s Facebook page. Lavonia Police Chief Shane Edmisten said the change had to do with the drug drop-off box. “People bring drugs in and drop them […]

Some new stop signs designed to increase safety will be installed at two major intersections in Franklin County, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation. G-DOT announced this week crews will be replacing the current stop signs with four-way flashing stop signs at the intersection of SR 51 and SR 326. Additionally, the intersection of SR 8 and SR 145 […]

A Lavonia woman has been indicted by the Franklin County Grand Jury on one count of burglary and one count of theft by taking in two separate incidents. Lavonia Assistant Police Chief Daniel Carson said both happened in January. The burglary happened first at the Wild Flower Salon on Main St. In downtown Lavonia. Carson said the suspect’s arrest came when […]