Franklin County News

The 47th State Senatorial race lost another announced candidate with the annoucement by Frank Ginn that he will not officially qualify to seek the seat currently held by Ralph Hudgens.

A grandmother accused of drowning her 5-year-old grandson told her husband she didn't want the child to grow up in a divorced home, police said.

By: Brad Douglass bdouglass@wbbjtv.com 8:39 p.m. A Tennessee inmate, who escaped from a middle Tennessee prison is back behind bars.

A former colleague says a Florida pastor ignored warnings that he was breaking the law by helping a teen who had fled Ohio after converting to Christianity.

The Stephens County Hospital Authority will appeal the state Department of Community Health's decision to allow the Ty Cobb Healthcare System to build a new hospital in Lavonia.

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

After announcing the new class desiginations last month, the Georgia High School Association moved forward in the next phase of reclassification, slotting teams into regions during Wednesday's meeting in Thomaston.

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.

A new hospital is coming to Franklin County, despite a nearby competitor's efforts to halt it.

Candidates for mayor of two Franklin County towns who both lost by one vote are disputing the election results in court.

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.

A 7-year-old boy re-enacted for police a fatal shooting he said he witnessed at a Gainesville public housing project, according to court testimony today.

Franklin County police said a young girl was found wandering near a busy road eating wood , WSMV-TV reported.

The H1N1 Vaccine has arrived in the metro area. Most health departments will start administrating the vaccnine on Thursday.

All games start at 7:30 p.m. Today's games Athens Banner-Herald Story updated at on ► Athens Academy at Walker ► Athens Christian at Georgia Military ► Commerce at Franklin County ► Prince Avenue Christian at Glascock Co.

Authorities say a boy allegedly abducted in a custody dispute two years ago has been found alive, hidden behind a wall at his grandmother's southern Illinois home.

Jonathan Paul Ayers, 28, and his wife, Abby, are seen in an undated family photo.

The state Department of Transportation closed two Interstate 85 rest areas Tuesday as a cost-saving measure, one on the northbound lanes in Franklin County and the other on I-85 southbound in Gwinnett County.

The Georgia Department of Transportation has permanently closed two rest stops off I-85. The rest area off I-85 North in Franklin County and the one on I-85 South in Gwinnett are now barricaded.