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The City of Lavonia will be placing roll-off dumpsters in the Springview Heights community beginning next week. “Beginning next week the dumpsters will be at the Spring St. Park and that will be throw-away for people to clean up their properties,” said Mayor Courtney Umbehant at Monday’s City Council meeting. Umbehant said the dumpsters will remain at Spring St. Park […]

The first of a projected $1 billion of state income tax refunds have been issued, according to a report by the Associated Press. The plan, approved overwhelmingly by the General Assembly under House Bill 162, gives a refund of up to $250 to single filers, up to $375 to single adults who head a household with dependents, and up to […]

In Toccoa-Stephens County, the suspect involved in the shootout Friday on Valley Drive is facing a number of charges. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said 37-year-old Jerry Wayne Dickson of Toccoa is charged with 3 counts of aggravated assault on law enforcement, 1 count of reckless conduct, 1 count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, […]

The Franklin County Board of Education has approved the construction contract for the new elementary school. At their called meeting last week, Acting Superintendent Chuck Colaquitt recommended approval of the Charles Black Construction Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for the new Franklin County Elementary School. “The GMP is $25,506,840 for a 93,550 square feet elementary school. The project will be funded […]

A Royston teenager has died in a vehicle crash over the weekend. Anderson County SC Coroner Greg Shore said his office is investigating a single-vehicle crash that occurred around 6:15 pm Sunday on SC Highway 187 South near Old Roberts Church Road in Anderson. Trooper Nick Pye, Community Relations Officer with the S.C. Highway Patrol Troop 6 said the crash […]