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There will be plenty of Christmas events this weekend.
Wayne Randall has announced he will retire at the end of the school year after the Board of Education informed him they would not renew his contract.
The state champs pose with photograph taken after they won the basketball crown in 1931. They are (sitting, from left) Robert Burroughs, B.N. South and Harold Burroughs. Standing are (from left) Edwin Akin and Kytle Oliver. This photo was first published in The Toccoa Record Oct. 7, 1976.

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There will be plenty of Christmas events this weekend.

Christmas at every turn this weekend

Cold, rainy weather has dampened a host of Christmas events the past couple of weeks in Franklin County.

By Staff reports

Wayne Randall has announced he will retire at the end of the school year after the Board of Education informed him they would not renew his contract.

Superintendent to retire at end of school year

CARNESVILLE - Franklin County Schools Superintendent Wayne Randall is going to retire on May 30, 2019.

By Kandice S. Eberhardt

Conditionally acceptable

ROYSTON – Phase I of the site selection for the new Royston Elementary School has been completed.

By Kandice S. Eberhardt

Weather delays parades in Royston, Canon

White Christmases are great, but rainy ones just cause problems.

Wet weather – and maybe worse – has caused the rescheduling of two local Christmas parades.

By Shane Scoggins

The state champs pose with photograph taken after they won the basketball crown in 1931. They are (sitting, from left) Robert Burroughs, B.N. South and Harold Burroughs. Standing are (from left) Edwin Akin and Kytle Oliver. This photo was first published in The Toccoa Record Oct. 7, 1976.

1931 State Champs

Publisher’s note: This article was submitted by Dale Burroughs.

Sports for Subscribers

Kalyn Jinks connects with a pitch in region tournament action Saturday against East Jackson.

Lady Lions in driver’s seat for region title

The Franklin County Lady Lions will play for the Region 8AAA championship this afternoon in Jefferson.

Franklin will face either Jefferson or Jackson County at 4 p.m.

The Lady Lions will have to be beaten twice to lose the championship.

The Franklin County Lady Lions play the top two teams in 8AAA and the No. 3 team in Class AAAAAAA in consecutive days this week.

Battling the best

Franklin Fastpitch had a relatively easy week last week.

The Lady Lions went 3-0 with games on the road at Stephens County and Monroe Area and a home matchup with Gainesville.

The rivalry game with Stephens was not easy, nor was the Region 8AAA contest at Monroe.

But, if the comparison is with this week’s slate of games, there’s no doubt which is harder.

Members of the Franklin County Lady Lion varsity volleyball team celebrate a play Tuesday in their first competition at Athens Christian School. The team will have its first home match today at 5 p.m. at Rocky Ford Park. (Photos by Rose Scoggins)

New volleyball squad to host first home match tonight

A completely new team of Lady Lions has taken the court this year to represent Franklin County High School.

The school’s very first varsity volleyball team began play Tuesday in Athens against Athens Christian and Oglethorpe County.

FCHS added the new sports program over the summer, with Michael Ritcey as the program’s first coach.

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Obituaries

Bobbie Pierce

LAVONIA – Bobbie Ann Wilson Pierce, 78, of Lavonia died Sept. 30, 2015, at her home. Born Aug.

Kathryn Worley

CARNESVILLE – Kathryn Elizabeth Mc-Connell Worley, 70, of Carnesville, died Oct.

Boone Milford

HARTWELL – James Alton “Boone” Milford, 84, died Oct.

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