LAVONIA – It is truly the end of an era.

And the beginning of another.

Monday night was the last Lavonia City Council regular meeting overseen by longtime mayor Ralph Owens.

CARNESVILLE – Franklin County officials want to offer elderly homeowners a bigger break on their property taxes.

LAVONIA – Progress is coming to Lavonia.

This is a statement that has been said about the city of Lavonia for decades. 

Local control. 

That is the driving force and business philosophy behind Paladin Wireless, a high-speed internet provider based in Royston and founded by Stephen Fortmann of Canon.

CARNESVILLE – Two people have been arrested for a 2015 theft from a Carnesville convenience store.

CARNESVILLE – One man suffered serious injuries last week when his car was rear-ended and pushed into a stopped school bus.

No children suffered any serious injuries in the accident.

CARNESVILLE – Franklin County’s clerk has filed an ethics complaint against the chairman of the board of commissioners and a member of the Franklin-Hart Airport Authority.

LAVONIA – The memory brought emotions to Mitch Murphy’s eyes and voice.

He recalled how he took a woman a box of food during a recent holiday season.

LAVONIA – Franklin Community Players will bring the beloved play “It’s A Wonderful Life” to the Lavonia Cultural Center  Nov. 15-17.  

CARNESVILLE – A county idea to ask voters to approve a sales tax for road improvements was met Monday with mixed reactions from Franklin County’s five city mayors.