Hill Street Baptist Church will receive money from the city of Toccoa to help replace items damaged when the church’s basement flooded a couple of years ago. Back on December 30, 2011, a motorist hit a fire hydrant at the intersection of Whitman and Hill streets, which led to numerous water line breaks, including...
The search continues for a new director for the Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter. The shelter’s board of directors held a regular meeting Tuesday. During that meeting, the board discussed the status of the director search and how to continue moving that search forward. Shelter Board of Directors Chair Harold Andrews said that advertising for...
The number of cases in a Stephens County E. coli outbreak first reported last Thursday on AM 630 WNEG has risen from 7 to 11. In an e-mail statement released Monday night, District Two Public Health Spokesman Dave Palmer said 10 Georgia residents and one South Carolina resident have been confirmed as having a...
The city of Toccoa approves its Fiscal Year 2014 budget more than a month before the deadline. Monday, city commissioners unanimously approved the $32 million budget for the Fiscal Year that will start on July 1. The budget has to be approved on or before June 30 and last year, the city worked on...
Work continues on Stephens County’s proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget. County commissioners, County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, and other staff held a budget review and retreat last week at the Kimsey Center in Eastanollee. Ayers said that the Fiscal Year 2014 budget is proving to be a difficult one that has already resulted in a...
Four Stephens County High School band members will head to the University of Georgia this summer through an annual scholarship. The Steve Stovall Music Scholarship Foundation awarded Caitlyn Holmer and Haven Beavers scholarships to attend the UGA Music Workshop this summer at Thursday’s annual Stephens County High School Symphonic Band Concert, held at the...
Planning continues for this year’s Memorial Day observance in Stephens County. This year’s Memorial Day observance will take place Monday at 11 a.m. on the lawn of the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. American Legion Post 104, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4346, Marine Corps Detachment 1303, and AMVETS Post 600 will...
A Martin resident is reporting a burglary to the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office. According to a report on file, a deputy responded to Avalon Road on Wednesday in reference to a reported burglary. The resident told the Sheriff’s Office that sometime last Wednesday afternoon; a firearm and some miscellaneous jewelry were taken from the...
Toccoa City Commissioners are expected to take a final vote on the city’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget at their meeting today (May 20). Commissioners held a first reading of the Fiscal Year 2014 budget at their last meeting on May 6. The proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget presented two weeks ago totals just over...
The fight against cancer comes to downtown Toccoa. The 20th annual Stephens County Relay for Life took place Friday night in downtown Toccoa. This was the first time the Relay had made its home in downtown, moving from its previous location at Stephens County High School. American Cancer Society Stephens County Community Manager Tracey...
