Franklin Springs News

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Georgia Theatre owner Wilmot Greene's phone rang shortly before 7 a.m. on June 19.

Seniors in Valdosta State University's Upward Bound program recently celebrated a 100 percent pass rate for the Georgia High School Graduation Test .

A judge has thrown out the results of the Franklin Springs mayoral race and ordered a new election Dec.

We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate. -- Kin Hubbard Some Augustans head to the polls again today in a runoff race for District 1 commissioner.

The Ave Maria University men's basketball team lost to Truett-McConnell College, 82-71, on Friday in the Emmanuel College Classic in Franklin Springs, Ga.

A former college president who has moved to Moultrie recently released a book about the "miracle" of discipleship that began here in Colquitt County.

The Royston-Franklin Springs Pilot Club is accepting entries until Nov. 20 for a Holiday Beauty Pageant it will host Dec.

Two tied elections in Franklin County this week prove that your vote really does count.

In 2004, a tornado destroyed much of Franklin Springs, a small town 30 miles north of Athens.

The Royston-Franklin Springs Pilot Club will host a Holiday Beauty Pageant Dec. 5 at the Franklin County High School, 6570 Georgia Highway 145 in Carnesville.

Snow White Cast: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Musical" was performed by the Young Actors Studio in the Big Back Room of Buffalo's Southwest Cafe Aug.

Snow White Cast: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Musical" was performed by the Young Actors Studio in the Big Back Room of Buffalo's Southwest Cafe Aug.

Photo by Randall Franks Kayla Ray, center, receives the 2009 Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship from Randall Franks, right, Share America Foundation president; and Joe Turner, Share America Foundation chairman.

Six colleges in northeast Georgia - public and private - have agreed to participate in a revised GI Bill program.