Category: News

Making Franklin County a self-contained county.  That is a major priority for Jeff Jacques.  Jacques is one of three candidates running in November to fill the open County Commission Chair seat.  In a recent interview with WLHR news, Jacques outlined the things he’d like to accomplish if elected.  One of those goals included making Franklin County self-contained. “Where a citizen […]

For the fifth year in a row, Georgia public-school students outperformed their counterparts in the nation’s public schools on the SAT – specifically, Georgia public- school students recorded a mean score of 1052, 24 points higher than the national average for public-school students of 1028. Georgia’s public-school class of 2022 recorded a mean score of 536 on the Evidence- Based […]

Lavonia City fathers and representatives from StudioMain LLC now have a better idea of what citizens would like to see in the downtown area going forward. Dozens of Lavonia citizens turned out Tuesday evening for a public comment session at the Lavonia Train Depot to offer their suggestions about what they would like to see downtown in the future. Several […]

After a year of hard work and intensive fundraising, the Pilot Club of Lavonia has presented the City of Lavonia with a check for their share of the cost of playground equipment for special needs children and adults. Club members gathered Tuesday afternoon to present Mayor Courtney Umbehant, members of the City Council, and City Manager Charles Cawthon with a […]

The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) is monitoring Hurricane Ian’s trajectory and changes to predictions on how the storm will affect the state. To help ease potential congestion along evacuation routes, as of Wednesday, G-DOT has halted all projects requiring lane closures along Interstates 16, 75, and 95 south of Atlanta, and all maintenance and utility projects. Additionally, the […]