Water and gas rates lead the agenda for today’s meeting of the Toccoa City Commission. The city commission is set to meet at 5 p.m. at Toccoa City Hall. During the meeting, the city commission is expected to consider increasing the outside-the-city water rate to 1.25 times the inside-the-city water rate and consider a...
A Hall County man faces charges in Toccoa after an incident last week. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said it started when a man and woman brought a woman to the police department late last Tuesday afternoon. “They informed our officers that they witnessed her (the woman) being the victim of an assault while...
The Stephens County Indian baseball team gets back on the winning track at home. The Indians pushed across a couple of runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and hung on for a 2-1 win over the Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes Saturday at the Reservation. Ryan Cleveland and Austin Lord each had RBI...
State tournament play gets underway today for the Indian boys’ tennis team. Stephens County’s boys will travel later today to take on Columbus in the first round of the state AAAA tennis tournament. Columbus finished second in Region 5-AAAA while the Indians finished third in Region 8-AAAA. The Indian boys are 12-3 overall and...
The Stephens County JV Baseball team finishes second in its region tournament. That region tournament took place Saturday in Morgan County. The Indians fell in the championship game to Jefferson in eight innings by a score of 9-7. Stephens County had made the championship game by defeating Eastside 3-1 in the semi-finals, while Jefferson...
A road re-surfacing project in Franklin County is scheduled to get underway today. The Georgia Department of Transportation said that re-surfacing of State Route 174 in Franklin County from U.S. Highway 29/State Route 8 to State Route 51 is set to start today if weather permits. Work will occur weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Hart County’s Board of Commissioners approves a millage rate for 2010. At its regular meeting earlier this month, Hart County Commissioners approved a 2010 rate of 4.762 mills. Hart County Administrator Jon Caime said the 2010 assessment will now be sent to the State Department of Revenue for...
The Toccoa Police Department said a woman reported missing has been located and is okay. Toccoa Police said 32-year-old Jennifer Lauren Curtis, who had a last known address of Toccoa, had not had contact with her family for several days and Friday, police posted an advisory on the department’s Facebook page. ...
The Stephens County High School varsity baseball game against Monroe Area scheduled for today at the Reservation has been postponed due to weather until 2 p.m. Saturday (April 20).
An event at Stephens County High School recognizes this year’s “Stephens Scholars.” The sixth annual Stephens Scholars Reception took place Thursday at Stephens County High School. The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce’s Education Committee organizes the program each year to honor high school seniors with outstanding test scores on the SAT, ACT, and ASSET...
