Hart County Commissioner Brandon Johnson is throwing his hat into the ring for the job of Hartwell Mayor. Johnson is the first candidate for the mayor’s seat to officially announce his intention to run. Johnson has served as a county commissioner for District 3 for the past four years and cites that experience as laying…
Wednesday night’s severe thunderstorms that rolled through much of Northeast Georgia left the Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store in Lavonia with almost no roof and lots of flooding. The store on SR17 was closed Thursday so volunteers and employees could clean up the mess. Habitat…
Georgia State Troopers are preparing for full patrols during the peak travel times this coming holiday weekend. The 78 hour Memorial Day holiday travel period begins at 6 p.m. on Friday and ends at midnight on Memorial Day. Colonel Mark McDonough, Commissioner of the Georgia…
18-wheelers and other large trucks will no longer be able to drive through the City of Lavonia on city streets. This month, the Lavonia City Council heard the first reading…
Just a reminder if you have been planning to donate items for the Franklin County Firefighters Association to take to Moore, Oklahoma, you have until 4:30p today to do so.…
Flags are flying at half staff in the City of Lavonia memory of longtime city councilman Carl David Whitworth. Whitworth died early Wednesday morning at his home on Bluebird Lane…
