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The traditional local fall festival season wraps up this weekend with the t45th annual Toccoa Harvest Festival in downtown Toccoa. The festival will take place from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Saturday and 10:00 am – 4:00 pm on Sunday. Mainstreet Toccoa Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said more than 150 craft and food vendors will be on hand and all […]

A Martin man is behind bars in Franklin County facing charges after allegedly coming to the Carnesville Elementary School campus Tuesday. “Multiple witnesses contacted Franklin County 911 reporting a person who had parked outside the school grounds and walked to the main building,” said Sheriff Steve Thomas Wednesday. “The reports involved a person in a sleeveless shirt wearing what appeared […]

Franklin County could soon have another fire training center. At their work session Tuesday evening, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners heard from Red Hill Fire Chief Joe Green who is also the current president of the Firefighters Association in Franklin County. There is already a firefighter training center in Lavonia but Greene said the new training center will be […]

The Hart County Board of Commissioners says they will wait to vote on whether to accept an annexation request from the City of Hartwell until after the Hartwell Planning & Zoning Board renders a recommendation. Hartwell is looking at developing approximately 270 acres between Fairview Avenue and Liberty Hill Road and has asked the County to approve it. The plan […]

Two local churches are holding food giveaways in early November but one of them could lose their support from the Northeast Georgia Food Bank. First on November 1 Martin Baptist Church, in partnership with the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, will distribute free food to all qualifying residents of the Martin area of Stephens and Franklin Counties from 2:00 pm […]