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Stephens County voters have passed another Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum. Voters approved the E-SPLOST referendum in a special election last Tuesday. The E-SPLOST resolution will allow the school system to continue to collect a one percent sales and the purpose of financing certain capital outlay projects for educational purposes. The one percent sales tax will automatically […]

Jackson County Sheriff Janis Mangum is asking for prayer for one of her deputies who was shot after answering a 911 call. According to GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles it happened Friday night around 9:20p. “The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation into the shooting incident,” she said. “On Friday night, Jackson County Sheriff‘s […]

Georgia lawmakers have released a draft of the proposed State Senate redistricting map and it looks like Franklin, Hart, and Stephens counties will continue to be in District 50. However, the District, under the new draft, has gotten bigger. In the old map, Habersham County was divided with about 2/3’s going to State Senate District 29. Under the new map, […]

People living on and near Neal Road in Franklin County did not get the outcome they had hoped for this week when the Board of Commissioners voted to approve Troy Construction LLC’s request to rezone property there. Troy Construction out of Commerce wants to use the 15 acres on Neal Road near I-85 to store construction equipment and they requested […]

While the CDC has recommended the release of the Pfizer pediatric COVID vaccine to children ages 5-11 years old, don’t rush down to your local health department just yet. District II Public Health has released a statement saying they will not begin offering the pediatric COVID vaccinations until they receive more guidance from the CDC, which they expect to have […]