Category: News

By State Representative Alan Powell, HD 33 My colleagues and I returned to the Gold Dome on Monday, March 6, Legislative Day 28, otherwise known as Crossover Day. Crossover Day is the deadline for legislation to be passed out of its chamber of origin to remain eligible for consideration to become law this year. Last week, my House colleagues and […]

The Lavonia City Council has approved the first read of a rezoning application by developer Kenny Whitworth for a townhome complex. Whitworth is asking that 7.95 acres on Vickery St. between Spring and Wright Sts. Be rezoned from R-1 residential to R-3A multi-family. At the Planning & Zoning meeting earlier this month, City Manager Charles Cawthon outlined eight conditions the […]

Area law enforcement officers, first responders, and firefighters now have a better understanding of the kinds of situations that could occur at a school and how to respond. On Tuesday, they attended a special one-day seminar at Carnesville Fire Department called AWR 148: Crisis Management for School-Based Incidents. In addition to Franklin County, attendees included safety personnel from Habersham, Hart, […]

A mural will soon be going up on the back of Lavonia City Hall. On Tuesday, the Lavonia Downtown Development Authority announced the winner of their mural contest. The mural will overlook the new splash pad going in at Lavonia City Park directly behind city hall. In January, the DDA launched the contest calling on local artists to send their […]

A search warrant at a home in Bowman Tuesday resulted in the arrest of two people on drug charges. Sgt. Trent Hillsman with the GBI’s Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office tells WLHR News the search warrant was related to an ongoing, multi-jurisdictional drug investigation. Hillsman said the investigation was conducted by the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office with the assistance […]