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The City of Lavonia will soon begin its search for a new Police Chief. After 22 years on the Lavonia Police force and 14 years as its Chief, today is Chief Bruce Carlisle’s last day. Carlisle is retiring from a long career in law enforcement and has accepted a position as the new Elections Supervisor for Stephens County. He was […]

Tuesday was Giving Tuesday, but the need for help this holiday season transcends one day and that’s why the Hart & Franklin County Foster Parent Association is asking people to adopt a foster child to provide a gift for them for Christmas. The group has two angel trees set up in Franklin County, at the Lavonia and Royston Police Departments. […]

Attorneys for a North Carolina man, being held in Franklin County for allegedly hijacking an 18-wheeler from a truck stop, in Carnesville last spring will be back in court today to request bond for their client. According to an April indictment, on March 5th, Tre Montrell Terrell allegedly pulled the driver of the tractor-trailer out of the vehicle at knifepoint […]

Voters in Franklin and Hart counties wasted no time casting early in-person ballots Monday for the December 6 run-off between incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschell Walker. By noon Monday, 400 Franklin County voters had cast early ballots in Carnesville. In Hart County, over 500 had voted at the Board of Elections office in Hartwell. At […]

The Franklin County Charter School System continues its efforts to recruit more school bus drivers. On Monday, School System Transportation Director Ray Hamilton said he still needs about 20 more bus drivers. “We have approximately 21 openings and we have about 40 bus drivers right now. So, there’s a huge deficit.  We’re just looking to the community for help. If […]