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Pilgrim’s Pride plans to invest $70 million in a new pet food ingredient plant just outside Carnesville.

Pilgrim's Progress announces plans for $70 million pet food ingredient plant near Carnesville

Shane Scoggins

Thursday, February 25, 2021

CARNESVILLE – Pilgrim’s Pride plans to invest $70 million in a new pet food ingredient plant just outside Carnesville.

Devin Bowyer (center, with FCHS ag teacher Trey Harris at right) is one of the students who has benefited from being able to leave his pig project at the ag barn at Franklin County High School. Bowyer, one of the barn’s student managers, began showing pigs two years ago and won Senior Showmanship recently at the Georgia National Fair. A new ag barn that will allow more students to keep their pigs, sheep, goats and calves at school will be funded if voters choose to extend a special purpose local option sale

SPLOST to fund barn for more ag projects

Shane Scoggins

Thursday, February 25, 2021

CARNESVILLE – Franklin County is known for its family farms and FFA and agriculture programs.

Georgia officials have launched a new website to pre-register for COVID-19 vaccine appointments and are poised to open four mass vaccination sites in different parts of the state, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday.

State sets up website, mass vaccination sites

News Staff

Thursday, February 25, 2021

By Beau Evans

Capitol Beat News Service

Franklin County voters may cast ballots to extend a penny tax to benefit schools beginning Monday. Early voting in the referendum to extend the special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) for education will be held weekdays Feb. 22 through March 12 from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the Franklin County Elections and Registration office at 7850 Royston Road in Carnesville.

Early voting for SPLOST referendum begins today

Shane Scoggins

Monday, February 22, 2021

CARNESVILLE – Franklin County voters may cast ballots to extend a penny tax to benefit schools beginning Monday.

A possible location for a new Royston Elementary School announced for the first time last week is just outside the Royston city limits.

Forrer: New school site to be in, or right outside, Royston

Shane Scoggins

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

CARNESVILLE – A possible location for a new Royston Elementary School announced for the first time last week is just outside the Royston city limits.

Franklin Springs Chief Operating Officer Daniel Ankerich (left) and Mayor Lee Moore (right) unveil a flag commemorating the service of former police officer Stan Elrod during a meeting last week. The flag will hang in the city’s police department. The Franklin Springs City Council honored Elrod, who was killed in an accident in September, by passing a resolution, retiring his badge number and declaring Feb. 10 as Stan Elrod Day in the city. (Photo by Scoggins)

Franklin Springs honors former officer Elrod

Shane Scoggins

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

FRANKLIN SPRINGS – A former part-time police officer for the Franklin Springs Police Department was memorialized last week with a proclamation, a retired badge and a day named in his honor.

Facing a deadline for state funding, the Franklin County Board of Education ruled out all known sites for a new Royston Elementary School Tuesday and voted to do an assessment on an unknown location not previously considered.

BOE to look at new site for Royston school as funding deadline looms

News Staff

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

CARNESVILLE – Facing a deadline for state funding, the Franklin County Board of Education ruled out all known sites for a new Royston Elementary School Tuesday and voted to do an assessment on an u