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The City of Lavonia has approved two ordinances regarding public parking. At their meeting on Tuesday, the City Council voted to amend the parking ordinance for certain hours and to approve an ordinance regarding off-street unloading. City Mayor Courtney Umbehant outlined the unloading ordinance. “This is to help make sure that parking is respected and that all businesses have access […]

A Bowman man has been charged with murder for the stabbing death of a woman on New Year’s Eve. According to a report in the Elberton Star, it happened in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 31 when deputies with the Elbert County Sheriff’s office were called to a home on the Bowman Highway where a woman was found […]

The Lavonia City Council has rejected a rezoning request from a developer to rezone acreage off Vickery and Spring Sts for a townhome development. In December, Kenny Whitworth representing Gunter Vickery Properties, LLC, and Alberta and Matilda Garcia of Ft. Lauderdale, FL., owners of three properties on Vickery St./ Highway 59, asked the City to rezone the 11 acres owned […]

The Franklin County Sheriff’s office is the recipient of three Honor Chairs. The chairs come from the non-profit group, Saving a Hero’s Place. Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas said the chairs remember a Sheriff and two deputies in the Franklin County Sheriff’s department who died in the line of duty. They include former Franklin County Sheriff Dan Ayers who died […]

The 27th annual Polar Bear Plunge is coming to the Hartwell Marina March 4. Sponsored by the Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence, the plunge raises money to help women trying to escape domestic violence. According to Tiffany Holland Baker who organized last year’s jump, it’s a fun event for the entire community that raises money to help women trying […]