Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said Saturday night that his department is working with other agencies after two individuals were found deceased inside a Toccoa residence this past weekend. Jarrell said that the police department has requested the assistance of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office after...
Three people from Austell are dead after a violent car-train collision in Stephens County. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, the Amtrak Crescent line collided with a vehicle at about 9:45 p.m. Friday night on Grant Smith Road, near the Summit subdivision. “The train T-boned the 2008 Mazda,” said Shirley. “It was a...
The city of Toccoa is scheduled to hold the first reading of its proposed Fiscal Year 2014 operating budget at today’s city commission meeting. Toccoa City Commissioners are scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. at Toccoa City Hall. City commissioners will have to hold a second reading of the proposed budget before voting on...
Organizers are wrapping up another “A Taste of Toccoa.” The Toccoa Main Street program held a program Friday at Toccoa City Hall to recognize the winners of this year’s “Taste” awards and re-cap the April 25 event. Toccoa Main Street Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said that overall, this year’s “Taste” went well. “It was...
The Stephens County Indian baseball team is into the second round of the state AAAA baseball playoffs following a doubleheader sweep of Alexander High School Friday at the Reservation. In the first game, the Indians only managed four hits, but made the most of them for a 4-3 win. The Indians scored two runs...
Three Stephens County Indian boys tennis team players earn all-region honors. Region coaches selected the three to the Region 8-AAAA All-Region team tennis team last week. Senior Brett Williams and sophomore Austin Simmons were both chosen second-team all-region. Williams played #3 singles for the Indians and compiled an overall match record of 14-2. Simmons...
Toccoa will have to dry out from yet another wet weekend. As of 6 a.m. today, downtown Toccoa has received another 3.2 inches of rain since 7 a.m. Friday morning. That puts downtown Toccoa at more than 32 inches of rain for the year to this point. This past weekend’s rain comes on top...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Hart County man and is out on bond after being arrested for growing marijuana. Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland said it happened last Wednesday when authorities received information about a growing operation on Barton Road, near the Goldmine Community in Hart County. Cleveland said when his deputies...
The Nancy Jo Tennis Tournament that was scheduled to take place this weekend has been postponed due to the weather. It has been rescheduled for May 17 through May 19. Players that were registered may call on May 15 and May 16 for play times. The tennis committee says that it is going to...
A Seneca, South Carolina man for whom a public alert had been issued in both northeast Georgia and upstate South Carolina is in custody. Authorities say 23-year-old Robert Andrew Ivester, wanted on forgery charges, and a second person, Cynthia Michelle Hammett, both surrendered late this morning at the office of Probation, Parole and Pardons...
