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By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A North Carolina woman says she will go back to the drawing board to get her plan to turn chicken houses into homes centered around a communal farm approved by the Franklin County Planning and Zoning Commission. Earlier this month, the Franklin County Planning Commission denied a request by Carrie Davis to turn a […]
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The Stephens County Indians’ football season comes to an end in the first-round of the state playoffs. Carrollton used a host of big plays to defeat Stephens County Friday night in the opening round of the AAAA football playoffs by a score of 34-7. Indians’ Head Coach Frank Barden said the team played hard and can use this as a […]
Read moreLocal officials hear from a top Senate official at an annual banquet. Gwinnett County State Senator and Senate President Pro Tempore David Shafer spoke at Thursday’s annual Farm City Week Banquet, hosted by the Stephens County Farm Bureau at the Toccoa Falls College Dining Hall. Shafer said he was honored to be speaking before Stephens County’s farm community. He said […]
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The second season starts tonight for the Stephens County High School football team. Stephens County will host Carrollton tonight in the first-round of the state AAAA football playoffs. The Indians enter the playoffs as the second seed out of Region 8-AAAA. Stephens County is 8-2 overall on the season and finished 6-1 in region play after losing to Buford last […]
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Stephens County Hospital is getting ready for the holiday season. Thursday, Hospital officials went to Toccoa Elementary School to award this year’s winner of the hospital’s annual Christmas Card contest. Toccoa Elementary School fourth grader Lilly Kate Farrar won this year’s contest, meaning her drawing will be on the front of the Christmas card sent out by Stephens County Hospital. […]
Read moreCrews responded this morning to a reported mobile home fire in the Ayersville Road area of Stephens county. The call went out at about 6:30 a.m.
Read moreStephens County High School girls’ basketball coach Anthony Daniel has resigned from the school system. Daniel turned his resignation in this week and the Stephens County Board of Education approved that resignation at a work session and called meeting Thursday. No other information is available at this time.
Read more50th District State Senator John Wilkinson receives a special honor. Wilkinson recently was awarded the 2015 Award for Legislative Advocacy by the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council. Officials said he was chosen for this honor in recognition of Senate Bill 274, which promotes the history of Georgia agriculture within the Capitol Museum at the Georgia State Capitol. SB 274, signed […]
Read moreAmerican Red Cross blood and platelet donors can now help save lives in less time by using the new Red Cross RapidPass online health history system. The Red Cross says that RapidPass streamlines the donation experience by allowing donors to complete pre-donation reading and health history questions online from the convenience of a computer at home or work. According to […]
Read moreStephens County honors Veterans Day. The county’s annual observance took place Wednesday at the VFW Post on West Savannah Street in Toccoa. Organizers moved the ceremony inside because recent rains made the courthouse lawn too soft to support folding chairs for the program. Speaking Wednesday was Stephens County High School JROTC Commander David Priatko. He said his focus is not […]
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