Both Stephens County High School tennis teams will take to the courts today in the first round of the Region 8-AAAA tournament at Madison County. The Lady Indians are seeded third in the region and will play Eastside at 10:30 a.m. As for the Indian boys, they are seeded second and will play Walnut...
Former Stephens County High School baseball standout Ethan Martin picks up his first win in Triple-A baseball. Martin pitched five innings and allowed just one run and three hits to pick up the win as his Lehigh Valley IronPigs defeated Syracuse 5-2. The Lehigh Valley IronPigs are the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies....
Leaders from Stephens County Hospital and the Stephens County Board of Commissioners get together to talk about how the hospital is doing. Monday, the Stephens County Hospital Authority met with Stephens County Commissioners at the Clary Center for their annual joint meeting. Stephens County Hospital Administrator Ed Gambrell said the meeting allows him and...
Police in the Cherokee County town of Holly Springs say a Toccoa man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a standoff with authorities in Cherokee County Sunday morning. Holly Springs Police Spokesperson Tanya Smith said that police responded to 911 calls Sunday morning regarding a man walking along the southbound lanes of Interstate...
The Stephens County Indian baseball team is in first place in Region 8-AAAA following a 7-1 win over the Eastside Eagles Monday night at the Reservation. Senior left-hander Austin Lord remained undefeated on the mound for the season as he gave up just five singles and struck out six in going the distance. For...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A new Georgia State Patrol Post will go up soon in Hart County. Wednesday, the Georgia Board of Public Safety announced it signed off on the beginning of discussions between the GSP and the Hart County Board of Commissioners. The new post in the Gateway II Industrial Park...
There is good news today for those planning trips into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The National Park Service says that U.S. Highway 441, also known as Newfound Gap Road, is back open from Gatlinburg, Tennessee to Cherokee, North Carolina with no restrictions after repairs were made following a landslide along the road...
Stephens County Middle School is preparing for its “After-School CRCT Blitz” over the next couple of weeks. The “blitz” will take place tomorrow and Thursday, April 17 and 18, as well as next Monday and Tuesday, April 22 and 23. Stephens County Middle School said that administrators and teachers have looked at data and...
A multi-county investigation last week leads to numerous arrests in connection to drugs and stolen items. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said it started with an investigation into some shoplifting cases from the Toccoa Wal-Mart. “Detectives with the Police Department had some shoplifting cases and we had video of people walking out of our...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A South Carolina man receives life without parole plus 20 years in a Lavonia murder case. Superior Court Judge John Bailey handed down that sentence Wednesday to 31-year-old Caleb Fielding of Iva, South Carolina. A jury convicted Fielding in November on murder and related charges in the October...
