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Funeral services for Mark Ivester, President of North Georgia Technical College, will take place this morning and will be live-streamed on Facebook. Ivester lost his month-long battle with COVID-19 Saturday at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Due to the pandemic, the family will have a private funeral service at 11 0’clock this morning at Toccoa First Baptist Church with the Reverend […]

Northeast Georgia will feel the effects of Hurricane Sally beginning overnight tonight and into Thursday, according to the National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg. A flash flood watch is now in effect from 8a Thursday morning to 8a Friday morning for our area. Sally’s outer bands will trek slowly across Franklin and surrounding counties and the Upstate beginning overnight tonight, which […]

Franklin County will be sending out Request for Proposals to area attorneys later this week. At their meeting Monday evening, County Commission Chair Thomas Bridges said it’s good to get RFP’s in from other law practices from time to time. County Manager Beth Thomas told the Board the last time the County sent out RFP’s for legal services was five […]

For the ninth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has named Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs a Tier One Top 50 Best Regional College in the South. For 2021, Emmanuel rises six spots to 33rd place in regional rankings. In a press release Tuesday, Emmanuel College President Dr. Ron White said Emmanuel continues to produce high-quality education. “We have […]

The Democrats of Stephens County will be hosting the Democratic contenders for the Senatorial Special election at Georgia Baptist Conference Center’s Garrison Auditorium in Toccoa on Thursday, September 24 at 630 pm. The following candidates are confirmed participants of the Meet and Greet: Matt Lieberman, Reverend Raphael Warnock, Tamara Johnson Shealey, Deborah Jackson, Ed Tarver and possibly Richard Winfield. Other […]