News for Subscribers
ROYSTON – Noise and debris ordinances were a topic of discussion Tuesday at the Royston city council meeting.
By Lisa W. Manus
CARNESVILLE – Franklin County’s new wastewater treatment plant is now officially open.
By Shane Scoggins
Franklin County Middle School is starting the 2019-20 school year with a new building added to the school’s campus.
By Kandice S. Eberhardt
CARNESVILLE – Friday is the first day of school for Franklin County students.
By Kandice S. Eberhardt
ATLANTA – The Supreme Court of Georgia denied Brent James Shubert’s motion for a new trial Monday.
By Kandice S. Eberhardt
Sports for Subscribers
The Franklin County Lions football team will get their first taste of competition against another opponent Friday night.
The Lions will travel to Commerce to take on the Tigers in a preseason scrimmage at 7:30 p.m.
The Lions and Tigers, long-time football rivals, have played a preseason scrimmage against each other several times in the last few seasons.
In one way, nothing has changed as the Franklin County Lady Lions head into the 2019 season.
But then again, everything has changed.
For the first time in the program’s history, the Lady Lions will go into a season as the defending state champions.
Franklin won the school’s first fast-pitch state champioship last season in Class AAA.
The Franklin County Lion and Lady Lion basketball teams will host rival Hart County tonight at FCHS in key Region 8AAA games for both teams.
The Lions, winners of four straight – including a buzzer-beating win Saturday at Stephens County – are currently 2-3 (9-7 overall) and in fifth place in the region standings.
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Obituaries
LAVONIA – Bobbie Ann Wilson Pierce, 78, of Lavonia died Sept. 30, 2015, at her home. Born Aug.
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