07/13/11 These local students earned faculty honors for spring 2011 at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta:
07/12/11 Jake Westbrook, born in Athens on Sept. 29, 1977, grew up in nearby Danielsville in Madison County. He is in his 11th season pitching in the big leagues and is still effective.
07/12/11 Franklin County commissioners are looking for someone to fill a vacant seat on the county board for family and children's services.
07/05/11 Army Pvt. Jad D. Cavender has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.
06/22/11 Franklin County will move ahead with an alternative for the building of a new sewer treatment facility and sewer line.
06/22/11 With high-speed winds, fallen trees and powerlines, the thunderstorm that swept through Hart County on June 18 left damage and debris in its path. The storm, which occurred at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, brought damaging winds and power outages that lasted several hours into the night.
06/21/11 Franklin County manager Billy Morse will keep his job for another year
05/18/11 A rabies clinic last weekend in Franklin County is being called a record-breaker by the Franklin County Health Department.
05/18/11 Army Pfc. Wesley D. Williams has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.
05/11/11 The state will handle the clean up of hundreds of rotting tires left on property near Canon, according to Franklin County commissioners.
05/10/11 A horse farm near the Franklin County/Banks County line will be allowed to board and sell horses.
05/04/11 A crash killed a member of the Franklin County High School girls' basketball team in Georgia.
05/03/11 Franklin commissioners push back meeting: Franklin County commissioners have pushed the date of their May meeting back a week.
05/02/11 Julio Cesar Perez, 32, 528 Huntcliff Village Ct. Apt. 52, Atlanta, was sentenced to two years confinement and eight years probation and fined $2,025 for possession of methamphetamine (reduced from possession with intent to distribute).
04/28/11 Hart County may go somewhere new next year for services involved in taking in stray dogs and cats.
04/22/11 Authorities in Franklin County say they've been investigating a possible explosive device inside a bank in the small northeast Georgia town of Carnesville.
04/22/11 Team Premium Recycled Parts has announced a major expansion of their membership with the creation of a new regional group, PRP Midwest. This new organization serves America's heartland - from Minnesota to Georgia, Texas to Ohio - and was formed by combining the former QRP Midwest, PRP Absolute and PRP Heartland groups.
04/21/11 A man from Upstate South Carolina was in custody Thursday after a bank robbery in Carnesville in which the robber used the threat of a bomb.
04/21/11 A man from Central was taken into custody after a bank robbery was reported in Carnesville, according to our news coverage partners at the Anderson Independent-Mail.
04/21/11 Franklin County sheriffs deputies are investigating a possible explosive device inside a bank. | 
