Jerry Gresham and Canon resident Billy Weeks enjoyed a trip to Wyoming, Idaho and Montana back in July. “I’ve always wanted to go out west,” Weeks told his friend and former employer.

A chart prepared for the Franklin County Board of Education shows the amount of revenue the school system would have lost if a newly-passed cap on property tax assessments had been in place for the past several years.

ROYSTON – More than 100 past and current students and faculty members attended the Panther Walk at the old Royston Elementary School Sunday. Everyone who has ever attended elementary or high school in Royston was invited to wander the halls one last time, chat with old classmates and teachers and to find their picture in old yearbooks. History was on display, including the Royston High School letterman jacket of Ed Burton and the cheerleading outfit of Sherry Eason. These items, along with other memorabilia

Attending the presentation of the Pioneer in Education Award to Gary Minyard in Cleveland were (from left) Gary Farmer, Franklin County School System Technology Director Dr. Andrew Fowler, Superintendent Melanie Burton-Brown, Minyard, wife Libby and school board member Kent Hall.

Former President Donald Trump overwhelmingly carried Franklin County Tuesday on the way to winning Georgia and the national race for U.S. President.

Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Monday to notify the City of Franklin Springs that it would like the city to reserve space in a new sewer plant to treat county wastewater.

The Carnesville City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to impose another moratorium on residential and commercial developments for nine months. 

The long campaign for U.S. President will come to an end Tuesday when voters across the country go to the polls on Election Day.

Franklin County commissioners seem ready to move ahead with a plan to hook up to a future sewer plant in Franklin Springs despite a request from the board’s chairman-elect that they reconsider.

Lorelai Glenn (left, as Matilda) and the cast of Franklin County High School theater troupe won the program’s sixth consecutive region One Act Play championship Saturday at the Telford Center for the Fine and Performing Arts for their production of “Matilda.”