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The city of Lavonia Fire Department is getting a brand new firetruck. On Tuesday, City Council Members voted unanimously to purchase a Pierce 110-foot ladder truck.  Council member Andrew Murphy, who also serves on the fire department, abstained from voting.  The truck will replace the city’s current truck, a 1995 Elevated Stream 55-foot ladder truck, which was taken out of […]

After a little searching, the Franklin County Lions football team has found a new opponent to complete their 2021 schedule.  The Lions will travel back to Jackson County on Friday, October 15, to take on the Commerce Tigers.  The Lions were to have played the Banks County Leopards on August 27, but that game was cancelled due to COVID issues […]

The Georgia dove hunting season opened Sat. Sept. 4 and runs through Oct 10, Nov 20-28, and Dec. 19-Jan. 31. “For wing shooters, dove season kicks off the fall hunting season,” says Alan Isler, Chief of the WRD Game Management Section.  “Two big changes this year includes expanding the first dove season into October and changing opening day shooting hours […]

With so much talk about getting a COVID-19 vaccine, you don’t want to forget about getting your flu shot as well.  This year, District 2 Public Health is make getting the flu shots more convenient with their drive-thru flu shot clinics.  Natasha Young, who is the Public Information Officer with District 2 Public Health, says three drive-thru flu shot clinics […]

Despite Labor Day being one of the busiest times of the year for boating activity on Lake Hartwell, things were fairly quiet during the holiday weekend.  That’s according to Corporal Craig Fulghum with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.  DNR Law Enforcement officers were out on the water this weekend checking boating registrations and looking for impaired boaters.  Fulghum says […]