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Madison County point guard Trevon Daniel scored 22 of his 24 points in the second half and the Red Raiders overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to pull off a stunning 68-62 win over the Stephens County Indians in boys’ basketball region play at the Currahee Arena Tuesday night. The two teams had met in late December at the Commerce Christmas […]
Read moreStephens County High School takes third place in the Area Wrestling Duals tournament. The Indians traveled to St. Pius for the 2017 Area Duals tournament on Monday. For the tournament, the Indians went 3-1 overall. In the quarterfinal round, the Indians defeated North Oconee, 65-6. Advancing into the semifinals, the Indians faced Oconee County, and were defeated, 47-23. At that […]
Read moreThe Stephens County 7th grade boys’ basketball team drops a conference game on the road. Monday night, the Rebels traveled to Elbert County and the 7th grade boys were defeated by the score of 51-24. Elbert County outscored the Rebels in every quarter on the way to the win. Zatorian Lacy led the Rebels with 17 points, while Isaiah Harris […]
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The city of Toccoa receives good news on its Fiscal Year 2016 audit. Toccoa City Commissioners received their annual audit report at a planning meeting at Ping’s Grill at the Links at Lake Toccoa on Monday. Joel Black from the city’s auditing firm, Mauldin and Jenkins, presented the results of the audit for the fiscal year that ended June 30, […]
Read moreToccoa City Commissioners held their first business meeting of 2017 on Monday. During the meeting at Toccoa City Hall, the city commission ratified the selection of Jeanette Jamieson as Mayor and David Austin as Vice-Mayor for the next 12 months. Jamieson and Austin were originally selected from among the five commissioners to serve in those roles for this year at […]
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Stephens County’s Relay for Life campaign kicks off with a meeting tonight. The 2017 Stephens County Relay for Life Kick-off event is tonight at 6 p.m. at the Stephens County Senior Center on Rose Lane in Toccoa. Each year, funds raised during the Relay for Life benefit the American Cancer Society. Local American Cancer Society Community Manager Cameron Lopez said […]
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City of Toccoa and Stephens County officials are both reporting that there were no major problems over the weekend due to the winter weather. Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse and Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers both said that everything ran smoothly from a public works perspective during the snow that fell Friday night into Saturday morning. Also, Toccoa Police Chief […]
Read moreStephens County Commissioners will start their calendar year this morning with a regularly scheduled meeting and work session. The county commission will meet at 8:30 a.m. in the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa for its first meeting of 2017. With this being the first meeting of the year, the county commission will take up a number of yearly […]
Read morePassengers riding the Amtrak Crescent line between Atlanta and New Orleans on several days over the next two months will receive bus service to help complete their trip due to track work affecting the line. Amtrak said the work being performed by Norfolk Southern Railway is affecting both the Southbound Train 19 and Northbound Train 20. Service southbound is affected […]
Read moreStephens County Middle School’s girls’ basketball teams sweep Elbert County. In the 7th grade game, Stephens County beat Elbert County, 37-13. Manisha Colbert scored 14 points and Kayla Smith added seven points for the 7th grade Lady Rebels. Moving to the 8th grade girls’ game, Stephens County beat Elbert County, 45-13. It was balanced scoring for Stephens County, as 10 […]
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