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The Hart County Board of Commissioners has filled two positions on the Franklin-Hart County Airport Authority Board. At their regular meeting Tuesday night, Commissioner Joey Dorsey nominated Eddie Addison and Mark Brown to fill the vacancies for Hart County. That was seconded by County Commission Chair Marshal Sayer and it passed unanimously. Mark Brown was re-appointed and currently serves as […]

The final map for Saturday’s Renaissance Festival in Lavonia is done and according to Downtown Development Authority Director Vivian Young, everything is ready for the big day. The Festival is scheduled for this Saturday, May 1st in Lavonia City Park, and this year’s theme is Camelot. Lavonia Welcome Center spokeswoman Barbara Busby said some of the same entertainers that participated […]

The Franklin County Health Department will hold a COVID vaccination clinic next week in the Royston Housing Authority. Nurse Manager Angy Fowler tells WLHR News the clinic will be held Wednesday, May 5th from 9a to 2:30p. This is one she said of a number of clinics the health department will be held in May. Fowler said they are trying […]

The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta has released new guidelines for people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. According to their new guidelines released this week fully vaccinated people can visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing masks or physical distancing. They can also visit unvaccinated people (including children) from a single household who are at […]

A Toccoa man is being held in the Habersham County jail with a hold on him for Franklin County after running a fake electrical repair company. According to Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas 30-year old Michael Dean Bledsoe ran M&B Service and Repair and was able to scam a number of Franklin County residents out of thousands of dollars in […]