The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
Today is the deadline for Georgia residents not registered to vote to do so in order to be able to vote in the November election. One way people can register to vote is by going to the Stephens County Registrar’s Office, which is located in the Stephens County Courthouse Annex on Tugalo Street in downtown Toccoa. All voter registration applications […]
Read moreStephens County Commissioners will meet this morning for a regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. and take place in the second-floor courtroom of the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. First, Stephens County Commissioners will hold two public hearings. According to the agenda, the public hearings are for first readings of an amended timber harvesting […]
Read moreBy Buddy Hardigree, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A great crowd turned out for Lavonia’s Night Out Against Crime Thursday night. There were inflatables and rides for the kids, hot dogs and sodas for everybody, and a chance to see some equipment like a fire truck, ambulance and a life flight helicopter up close. Also, it was a chance to talk to […]
Read moreStephens County Special Olympic athletes bring home medals after the recent State Fall Games. This year’s State Fall Games for Special Olympics of Georgia took place this past Friday through Sunday in Gainesville. This year, Stephens County Special Olympics had seven bocce teams competing and three Equestrian competitors in the Horse Show event. All athletes representing Stephens County did so […]
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A major donation will help more major work take place on the “Camp Toccoa at Currahee” project. That project seeks to preserve the site of World War II Camp Toccoa on Currahee Mountain and use it to honor and remember the paratroopers that trained there. At this month’s Currahee Military Weekend banquet, Rick and Letha Phillips donated $25,000 to the […]
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Toccoa City Commissioners will consider an agreement to sell water to Banks County at their meeting later today. The city commission meets today at 5 p.m. at Toccoa City Hall. On the agenda for consideration by the commission is the consideration of a Banks County Water Sales Agreement. City commissioners first talked about a potential agreement with Banks County regarding […]
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The Stephens County Indians are off to a winning start in region football play. Stephens County started its Region 8-AAAA schedule on a winning note by defeating St. Pius on the road Friday night, 27-13. Indians’ Head Coach Frank Barden said it was a great effort by the whole team. “I could not be more proud of these kids […]
Read moreStephens County finishes second in the Region 8-AAAA softball tournament. On Thursday, the Lady Indians fell in the championship game to Jefferson by a score of 6-0. Mackenzie Rogers took the loss for Stephens County, pitching a complete game and allowing six runs on eight hits while striking out two. The Lady Indians got to the championship game by defeating […]
Read moreStephens County High School wraps up its 2016 volleyball season. The Lady Indians ended the season on Thursday, losing two games in the region tournament. Seeded fifth, the Lady Indians lost their first match to Oconee County in straight sets, 15-25 and 10-25. Then, Stephens County played third seeded Jefferson in an elimination match-up. Again, the Lady Indians lost in […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Franklin County jury finds a Canon man not guilty of Homicide by Vehicle in the First Degree and Reckless Driving in 2015 deaths of two high school seniors. However, the jury did find 19-year old Samuel Parten guilty of Failure to Maintain Lane and Driving too Fast for Conditions. After a week long […]
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