Franklin, Oconee call off contest over virus concerns
By Shane Scoggins
Publisher
and Kandice S. Eberhardt
Staff Writer
By Shane Scoggins
Publisher
and Kandice S. Eberhardt
Staff Writer
CARNESVILLE – The latest spike in local cases of the coronavirus has closed the Franklin County Tax Commissioner’s Office during its busiest time of the year and hospitalized the county’s sheriff.<
ATLANTA – Senior citizens will see lower county tax bills after a referendum passed Tuesday to raise the county’s homestead tax exemption for those 65 and older.
CARNESVILLE – More than two-thirds of Franklin County’s registered voters came out Tuesday to overwhelmingly support President Donald Trump and other Republicans on the general election ballot.
CARNESVILLE – Franklin County voters will join counterparts in Georgia and across the country today to complete the election of the next U.S. President and other federal and state leaders.
CARNESVILLE – The coronavirus pandemic has hit the Franklin County jail.
CARNESVILLE – With less than two weeks before Election Day, more than 2,700 Franklin County voters have already cast ballots.
CARNESVILLE – Franklin County Elections Supervisor Gina Kesler estimated that about 250 people per day would vote early in 2020.
LAVONIA – Lavonia will host Faith and Blue Weekend Friday through Sunday.