Timeline Set for Franklin County Schools Redistricting

With the new South Franklin Elementary School expected to be completed sometime in the fall, Franklin County School Superintendent Melanie Burton-Brown gave the Board of Education an update on the System’s redistricting plans at their meeting earlier this month. Burton-Brown said District leaders had their first redistricting meeting in February. On March 6, they met with Tim Cochran of Pioneer […]

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HCHS Student Wins $40K BigFuture Scholarship for Taking College and Career Planning Steps

College Board’s BigFuture announced that Hart County High School student Jada Phelps has earned one of two monthly $40,000 scholarships for completing key college and career planning steps. BigFuture is a free, online resource that helps students take the right first step after high school. “It was very shocking,” Jada said after learning she had won the scholarship. “I’m very […]

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SC Couple Indicted in Franklin County on 16 Charges

A South Carolina couple has been indicted on multiple drugs and other charges in Franklin County. According to the indictment, 40-year-old Jason Lee Robinson and 41-year-old Dawn Lee Goff both from Winnsboro, SC were indicted on 16 counts, including Possession of Meth with Intent, Theft by Receiving Stolen Property, Bringing Stolen Property into the State, Possession of a Firearm by […]

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Two Stephens County Sheriff’s Vehicles Collide

By Jessica Waters, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Two Stephens County Sheriff’s deputies collided when a motorist failed to stop at an intersection. According to a press release issued by Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa, Sheriff’s deputies Sammy Feaster, 50, and Cody Bearden, 28, were “driving in a line on Prather Bridge Road when a 2009 Honda Accord ran a […]

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