Category: News

After spending nearly two weeks helping victims in Hurricane-ravaged Louisiana, a Lavonia woman is getting ready to return home.  Rebecca Dixon who is with the Salvation Army is flying back to Georgia today.  Dixon left for the Pelican State on August 31st travelling with the Rapid Response Unit from Newnan, Georgia.  She has been on the ground near Port Sulphur, […]

If you haven’t RSVP’d for Tuesday’s Lavonia Business Roundtable Breakfast, no worries, just show up.  That’s according to Lavonia Main Street and Downtown Development Authority Director Vivian Young.  Sponsored by the Lavonia Main Street and DDA programs, Young says the roundtable is open to all businesses and members of the community that are interested in learning about what’s going on […]

Qualifying begins today in Royston to fill the unexpired term of former councilman Keith Turman.  Turman resigned his seat in August to run for mayor.  The current mayor David Jordan’s term will expire at the end of the year.  Jordan chose to not to run for re-election.  Royston Elections Superintendent Beverly Pullian explains the requirements needed to qualify.  Pullian said, […]

Governor Brian P. Kemp announced the allocation of $5.8 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to Explore Georgia, the tourism division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development .  Kemp shared the news with tourism industry professionals from across the state at the Georgia Governor’s Tourism Conference, an annual industry event.  During the event, the Governor applauded the industry’s success […]

Saturday will mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, an event that took the lives of 2,977 innocent victims including several hundred first responders.  And to commemorate that tragic day, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners office along with Richard Roberts of Royston is organizing a special prayer and moment of silence ceremony called Patriot Day.  Ashley Rose […]