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Franklin County is expected next month to impose a temporary suspension for issuing building permits and inspections. At their meeting Monday evening, Commission Chair Jeff Jacques called for a motion to issue the suspension effective March 7. The move comes after previous meetings in which Jacques noted the cost of permits and inspections in Franklin County were much higher than […]

Two Lavonia Police officers have gone the extra mile to receive training as EMTs. Interim Police Chief Daniel Carson told the Lavonia City Council Monday evening that last fall Officer Ezra Segars and Lt. Bobbi John volunteered to receive training as Emergency Medical Technicians offered by the Franklin County EMA. He said both graduated top in their class. Carson then […]

A Carnesville man has died in a single-vehicle wreck. It happened Monday just after 2:37p on Georgia Highway 106 at Bold Springs Road. According to Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post Commander Sgt. Camran Fleming, troopers responded to a single-vehicle fatal crash involving a gray 1993 Ford F-150 that was traveling south on GA 106. Sgt. Fleming said the Ford F-150 […]

This year’s Polar Bear Plunge is coming up Saturday, March 4 at the Hartwell Marina and there is still time for both vendors and jumpers to register. This is the 27th Polar Bear Plunge sponsored by the Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence and Executive Director Dr. Katherine Reusing says they’re expecting the Plunge to be better than ever this […]

The City of Lavonia is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation and this year they plan to celebrate Arbor Day on Thursday, February 23. A tree planting ceremony will be held on the 23rd at the Lavonia Ball Fields on Bear Creek Road at 2p, weather permitting. In the event of bad […]