Heard County News

The Heard County Board of Commissioners held a Commissioners Meeting onA December 29, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. in the courtroom of the Heard County Courthouse.

Funeral services for Mr. Brazeal will be conducted, Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 3:00 P.M. from the Franklin First Baptist Church with the Reverends Scott Hannah and Danny Spencer officiating.

Arbor Springs Elementary School third-grader William Poindexter displays his robotic ball shooter, which shoots marble-sized balls up to four feet in the air.

The Republican Party of Heard County is sponsoring Tuesday eveningA meetings at the Franklin Community Center, 2484 Franklin, Parkway,A Franklin, Georgia on February 14 and 28, 7 PM.

Heard County Sheriff, Ross Henry, has issued the following list of individuals arrested in Heard County including their various charges: Warren Keith Britt , 53, 259 Greenwood Lake Drive, Franklin, GA 30217, arrested on 01/26/2012, charged with Criminal Trespass .

Several people waited in line Wednesday at the A. Mitchell Powell Jr. Library on Hospital Road in Newnan to get help with their taxes.

At 6:19 a.m. on 01/30/2012, Heard County deputies Danny Davis and Derrill Scott were requested to check a residence located at 15736 Highway 27 for a suspicious truck backed up to the residence.

Coweta County Public Library System and volunteers from the AARP Foundation have partnered once again to prepare federal and state tax returns for free.

Scott Blue, the Chief of the Heard County Fire and Emergency Services, reported this week that the malfunction of the weather siren in Centralhatchee last Saturday afternoon was due toA a blown fuse and that the problem has now been repaired.

Franklin Police Chief, Kevin Hannah, has issued the following list of individuals arrested in the city of Franklin and their various charges: Latisha Lynn Brooks , 30, 624 Gray Hill School Road, West Point, GA 31833, arrested on 01/20/2012, charged with Violation of Probation.

The Republican Party of Heard County is sponsoring a series of TuesdayA evening meetings, the first two to be held at the Franklin CommunityA Center on January 24 and 31.

The Heard County Sheriff's Department has filled the jail administrator position at the Heard County Jail which was left vacant in mid December.

At a special called meeting held Thursday, January 12, 2012, the Heard County Board of Commissioners voted to replace county attorney Jerry Ann Connor.

Franklin Police Chief, Kevin Hannah, has issued the following list of individuals arrested in the city of Franklin and their various charges: Cleveland Rutledge, Jr.

In a special called meeting Thursday at the Heard County Courthouse the board voted 4-1 to replace attorney Jerry Ann Connor as the county attorney.