Author: Charlie Bauder

Local governments are announcing their schedules for the New Year’s holiday. Both Toccoa City Hall and Stephens County’s government offices will close Friday in observance of the New Year’s holiday. Meanwhile, the city of Toccoa says that routes for garbage and recycling scheduled to be picked up on Friday, January 1, will be picked up on Monday, January 4. The […]

Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that due to the recent rains in the Upper Savannah River Basin, they are anticipating a need to operate the spillway gates early this morning at Hartwell Dam, along with the other two dams in the Savannah River system, Russell and Thurmond. The Corps said that once spillway gates are opened, […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Gumlog man will be spending the New Year behind bars after authorities in Franklin County discovered a large cache of drugs in his home. Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas said the arrest came December 17th after a search warrant was issued for the home of John Archie Morman. “Deputies, long with agents from […]

Georgia Department of Public Safety Commissioner Colonel Mark W. McDonough said troopers and other law enforcement will be keeping a close watch for impaired drivers and motorists not obeying Georgia’s traffic laws as 2016 starts tonight. The New Year holiday travel period will begin at 6 p.m.  today and end Sunday, January 3. It is 78 hours long. During the […]

The community comes together to honor retiring Stephens County Hospital Administrator Ed Gambrell. Local officials, hospital staff, and others gathered Tuesday evening at the Mitchell Allen Meeting Room for a reception celebrating Gambrell’s retirement. Gambrell is retiring Thursday after 28 years as the administrator at Stephens County Hospital and 32 years at the hospital overall. Former Hospital Authority Board Member […]

Toccoa receives grant money from the state to help put on a new festival. Last week, the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Georgia Council for the Arts awarded Toccoa with $1,680 to be used for a concert featuring Francine Reed at the Schaefer Center in March. Toccoa Main Street Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said the concert is part of a […]

One person is dead after a workplace accident Tuesday in Stephens County. The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office, Tates Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Stephens County EMS, and other agencies were called to Wilkinson Lumber on Georgia Highway 184 at around 4 p.m. Tuesday for a forklift rollover. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley identified the victim as Joe Irvin of Mt. Airy. […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The investigation continues into the theft of two cars from Tri-County Chevrolet in Royston. Now, authorities say it may be connected to other burglaries in the area. Royston Police, along with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, are asking for the public’s help to locate a 1956 Black and Chrome Chevy Belair and a 2015 […]

A flood watch remains in effect for Stephens County as more rain is expected throughout the day today in the area. Already, the downtown Toccoa area has received well over six inches of rain in the last week to 10 days. That has put downtown Toccoa over 70 inches of rain for the year to date. According to the weather […]