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Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King asks all Georgians to exercise caution while using home heating equipment this winter. If used carelessly, heating equipment such as space heaters and fireplaces can become fire hazards. Heating equipment is a leading cause of residential fires in the United States. Data from the National Fire Prevention Association shows that local fire […]

Several county and municipal meetings are taking place this evening. The Franklin County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6p for their regular work session. On the agenda, Commissioners will discuss instituting a vaping ordinance, and get an update on efforts to solve the litter/trash problem in the County. Last spring, the county began researching how to tackle the problem […]

A Lavonia man is one of two men facing charges in Toccoa after police were called to a report of a possible overdose. It happened January 15 when Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, said officers were dispatched to a possible overdose on Stewart Street. When they arrived they found two men and a woman inside the home and proceeded to […]

White County and two Georgia municipalities are appealing the results of the 2020 Census. The 2020 Census determines how $1.5 trillion in federal funding is distributed throughout the nation. Each person in Georgia not counted equals a loss of $2,500 per year in federal and state funding. Over the next decade, that equates to a loss of $25,000 per person. […]

A Hartwell doctor will spend the rest of his life in a state prison after a jury found him guilty last month of multiple counts of Aggravated Sexual Battery, Child Molestation, and Sexual Battery of a Minor. 74-year-old Dr. Tommy Beeson was sentenced earlier this month in Hart County Superior Court to 25 years in prison with no parole. In […]