CARNESVILLE – Tuesday was a first in the more than 60-year history of the Franklin County High School Lion’s Den gym. FCHS hosted its first ever varsity volleyball game as the Lady Lions faced Jefferson.
Thursday, August 13, 2026
CARNESVILLE – Tuesday was a first in the more than 60-year history of the Franklin County High School Lion’s Den gym. FCHS hosted its first ever varsity volleyball game as the Lady Lions faced Jefferson.
Hearings on the millage rates for the Franklin County Board of Education and City of Lavonia begin today.
The Franklin County Recreation Commission (from left) Recreation Department Director Randall Gailey, Wesley Varner, Allen Bryant, Chairman Andy Myers, Franklin County Commissioner Josh Smith, Greg Cary and Eric Burrell met Monday.
Tyler Matthews works with the kids in different classes at Lavonia Elementary School, helping teach English to the speakers of other languages (ESOL). For 12 of his 16 years at LES he taught kindergarten. He now spends full-time as the school’s ESOL teacher. He’s also the Student Pastor at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Martin. He has been named LES teacher of the year twice and this year he was awarded the title Teacher of the Year for all of Franklin County School System. (Photo by Charlie Eavenson)
Dill’s Food City will be missed.
In honor of our nation’s 250th birthday Saturday, we offer excerpts from the Declaration of Independence.
Of the three major symbols that represent our nation – the bald eagle, the Liberty Bell and the flag, the Liberty Bell is perhaps the least understood.
Avery Burton sets the ball Tuesday in action against Jefferson. (Photos by Rose Scoggins)
Belle Burton launches a home run against White County Tuesday. (Photo by Rose Scoggins)
The Franklin County Lions will meet the Cedar Shoals Jaguars Friday in Athens in a dress rehearsal of the 2026 high school football season.
Heather Khodadadi recently published her first book, “The Night Before Homeschool,” to show what homeschooling is really like.
Taking part in a scrapbooking retreat on Lake Hartwell earlier this year were (front, from left) Helena Barfield, Emma Barfield, Nancy Rowland, Darlene Eades, Michelle Covel, (back) Kelly Barfield, Karen Turner, Tonya Bunch, Donna Ialungo, Debbie Tardella, Donna Goenner, Cheyney Morgan, Andrea Raphael, Victoria Richardson and Audrey Covel.
The Georgia General Assembly passed on a chance to redraw the state’s U.S. House of Representative districts during a special session that began last week.
On this Memorial Day, we remember those Franklin County citizens who have given all to protect our liberties. This video was shot at the American Legion Post in Lavonia, where crosses with the names of all fallen Franklin County soldiers are displayed on crosses. (Music by Marlie Scoggins)
