Author: Charlie Bauder

The winners are out for this year’s Toccoa Scarecrow Contest. Main Street Toccoa announced the winners on Tuesday. First place is M & J’s Buffet. They won $250 for first place. Second place went to the Stephens County Hospital Wound Care Center. They received $150. Third place and $100 went to the Toccoa Veterinary Hospital. Winners were chosen through a […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Authorities in Hartwell believe a fire at an abandoned grainery Tuesday morning may have been deliberately set. Firefighters were called to the old Merritt Grain and Feed building about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. Hartwell Fire Chief Terry Vickery said that by the time they arrived, the old metal building was fully involved. The building is located across […]

Toccoa City Commissioners agree to let the Marine Corps League continue using the old Whitman Street Recreation Center for at least another five years. Monday, city commissioners unanimously approved a five-year lease with the option for a five-year renewal with the Marine Corps League for the facility. The new lease replaces a lease that automatically renewed each year unless either […]

Stephens County High School sees an increase in its graduation rate. According to numbers released Monday by the Georgia Department of Education, the graduation rate at Stephens County High School went from 85.3 percent in 2014 to over 91 percent in 2015. Principal Sandy Steele said that the graduation rate increase is the result of a team effort not just […]

Stephens County Commissioners will hold a regular meeting and work session later today. Today’s county commission meeting is scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. in the second-floor courtroom of the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. Commissioners will start with a work session to discuss items on the business meeting agenda. Items on today’s agenda include a presentation of […]

Main Street Toccoa unveils another historic plaque at a downtown building. The latest plaque was unveiled Thursday at the Rebel on Doyle Street in downtown Toccoa. City officials say the building housing the Rebel Cafe was built in 1900. Before the Rebel was opened in 1961, the building was home to a grocery store, a general store, and Devoe Paints. […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Anyone attending court at the Franklin County Courthouse in Carnesville will now have to go through extra security procedures before being allowed to enter. The extra security measures take effect Monday, November 16th. Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas said new equipment has now been installed at the courthouse in response to the recent spate […]

The Stephens County Grand Jury will narrow down the names of applicants for the position of Stephens County Registrar and Elections Superintendent today at a meeting. Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers said the grand jury will meet today with her to go through the names of about 20 applicants for the position vacated back in August by Theresa Kelley. According […]