Hundreds came out to line Highways 17 and 29 to watch floats, emergency vehicles, classic cars, Shriners and Santa Claus ride by while giving out candy and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.

A committee of the Royston City Council will study whether or not to set a time limit on parking along Highway 17 in downtown.

Missy Holbrook took her oath of office as the next mayor of Carnesville Thursday in ceremonies at the Franklin County Courthouse.

Thirteen Franklin County High School students competed for the title of Miss FCHS 2023 at the annual pageant Saturday in the Telford Center for the Fine and Performing Arts.

Seven members of the Franklin County High School Band earned District Honor Band placements after auditions Saturday. The students were chosen out of 720 students from 35 schools in Northeast Georgia who auditioned.

On Tuesday, he was at Chick-fil-A in Lavonia, where he met happy (and not so happy) boys and girls as part of a special event hosted by the restaurant.

Franklin County won’t be buying the Carnesville city water and sewer systems, at least not under the terms offered by Carnesville.

The Lavonia City Council voted to approve two certificates of memorial to honor Ruth Davis and Margaret Ayers for their dedicated service to the Lavonia Housing Authority.

The Carnesville City Council denied approval of a plat for a multi-family residential development on Ginn Street Tuesday and tabled two other planning and zoning requests.

Jarrett Foods asked Lavonia to annex and zone 16.06 acres off Grady School Road into the city in order to give the new plant access to city sewer and water service.