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A change of venue is announced for the upcoming Franklin County Board of Commissioners meeting and Planning & Zoning public hearing. At their work session this week, Commission Chair Macomson announced the meeting has been moved to the Lavonia Cultural Center, which he said will accommodate about 200 people. The American Legion Post next door will be used as an […]

Franklin County citizens will have an opportunity tonight to ask questions or comment on the Franklin County Board of Educations’ proposed FY2022 budget. The first of two mandated public hearing takes place this evening at 5:30p at the Board of Education office on Busha Road in Carnesville. On Monday, the Board received an overview of the proposed General Fund budget […]

The 2021 ProWatercross National Championship Tour is coming back to Lavonia next month. Lavonia’s Tugaloo State Park will be the fifth leg of the tour the weekend of June 19-20. The park’s six-lane mega ramp has made the park a popular site for large fishing tournaments, as well as recreational boating, and the ample parking and easy launch access also […]

America’s appetite for chicken keeps growing but the appetite for working in a chicken plant is another story. According to a recent report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, processors in Georgia’s $4 billion poultry industry — the largest in the country — say they are grappling with a labor shortage that is contributing to falling inventories and rising prices for consumers. […]

Franklin County School Board members will hear from the public Thursday evening regarding the proposed FY2022 budget in the first of two mandated public hearings. However, Monday evening School Board members heard from Bonnie Knight a former Madison County CFO who was asked by School Superintendent Chris Forrer to develop a tentative budget based on 17 mils from last year […]