Author: Ethan Jordan

Part of Highway 17 in Franklin County is now the Cruz Memorial Highway. State and city officials, members of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and Canon “Big Gun” Fire Department, along with a sizable number of family and friends, gathered at Canon First Baptist Church on Saturday afternoon to honor the memory of Franklin County Deputy Cruz Thomas. Thomas, the […]

Toccoa Falls College Athletics recently honored 4x NCCAA 1st Team All-American. Saturday, Oct. 7, TFC Athletics retired the No. 5 jersey in honor of volleyball star and 2013 TFC graduate, Bethany Slate Brock. Brock’s career was one of excellence, obtaining a career record of 86 wins and 55 losses. Along the way she broke records for the most kills in […]

While recently surveying the site of a Native American home site in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Stephens County, surveyors found evidence of another home that was 200 years older. Upon further research, they dated the older home to 1355 A.D., which means humans were at that location during a time period the region was thought to be unoccupied. Archaeologists […]

Railroad tracks in Stephens, Franklin, Hart and Elbert counties that usually only see a couple of trains a day were busier than normal this past weekend. The North American Rail Car Operators Association (NARCOA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and safe, legal operation of railroad equipment historically used for maintenance, held its Hartwell Railroad Fall Vintage Rail Car […]

During the recent Stephens County Board of Education meeting, the board discussed amending the current fiscal year budget to include a travel budget for the County Extension Agent. However, Board Member David Fricks was in opposition of providing funds to accommodate travel expenses for the county extension agent, saying that this could open a Pandora box for the board. The […]

By Rob Moore, AccessWDUN DEMOREST – Habersham Medical Center Chief Financial Officer Barbara Duncan has been named acting chief executive officer, replacing CEO Jerry Wise, who served since April 2013. The announcement was made by Hospital Authority of Habersham County Chairman Kim Crawford Thursday afternoon. Duncan, who joined Habersham Medical Center in January 2014, has more than 26 years’ experience […]

The Franklin Community Players will be hosting a homecoming celebration Thursday, Nov. 2 at the Lavonia Cultural Center, located at 12221 Augusta Rd, Lavonia. The celebration will begin promptly at 6 p.m. and run until 8 p.m. In honor of the people of Franklin County who supported the Community Players’ bid to secure the use of the Lavonia Cultural Center […]