Category: News

Georgia’s August unemployment rate was 2.8 percent for the second consecutive month while jobs numbers reached another all-time high increasing by almost 16,000 from July. Initial claims for unemployment were also down6% from July to 26,750 in August. Over the year, initial claims for unemployment were down 44%. Locally, the latest figures for Franklin County from the Department of Labor […]

The Georgia Department of Transportation’s statewide anti-littering campaign, Keep It Clean Georgia, has won top honors from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Committee on Transportation Communications during its annual meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. On September 8, the campaign received the “Excel ” award, one of just two Excel awards handed out each year. The […]

A Hartwell restaurant that was the site of a double fatal shooting last week is closed for good. Hartwell Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the closure of Jack’s Bar & Grille on social media. “The City of Hartwell received all necessary paperwork confirming the closure,” he posted Wednesday evening. “A hearing was scheduled to be held tomorrow (Thursday) at 10 am […]

The Franklin County Industrial Building Authority has closed on property off Highway 17 in Lavonia that they hope will become an industrial park. In July, the IBA signed a contract to purchase the 93 acres across from Grady School Road just outside of Lavonia. Tentatively called Tugalo Industrial Park, IBA executive director Tonya Powers said the property already has some […]

And a reminder for voters of an opportunity to meet some state and federal Republican candidates in the November election, possibly even the Governor. State Representative Allen Powell will hold a Meet the Candidates gathering tomorrow/Saturday, September 17, at the Britt Angus Farm on E&M Dairy Road in Hartwell from 9a to noon. Sponsored by Powell and the Republican Party […]