Author: Charlie Bauder

Family Connection of Stephens County is once again pitting adults against 5th graders in a fun competition for an annual fundraiser. The 2nd annual “Are You Smarter than a Stephens County 5th Grader?” is coming up on Saturday, October 24th at 6:30 p.m. at the Tugaloo Center for the Performing Arts at Stephens County High School in Toccoa. Family Connection […]

Things are finally getting back to normal all across northeast Georgia after this weekend’s rain and wind. Habersham EMC posted online earlier this morning that power was restored to all of its customers overnight. At one point over the weekend, Habersham EMC had reported that more than 13,600 of its customers were without power. According to Habersham EMC, crews from […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The Georgia Poultry Federation is working to stay ahead of any outbreak of the avian influenza virus in the state. To help do that, it has launched a new campaign for poultry farmers called “All In or All Gone.” State officials said the program calls on all poultry producers and poultry farmers to practice good biosecurity measures all of […]

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division has announced that the Georgia hunter education course is available completely online. That started on October 1, making Georgia one of 13 states to allow students to complete the hunter education course online if they choose. State officials said that this online opportunity improves the previous online option where students had to […]

Oconee County, South Carolina Coroner Karl Addis has released autopsy information on two of the victims of last Friday’s plane crash. Addis said that the pilot, 71-year-old Charles D. Smith of Warsaw, Indiana died of multiple injuries due to blunt force trauma. Meanwhile, he said one of the passengers, 44-year-old Scott A. Smith of Warsaw, Indiana, died of a fractured […]

Toccoa officials said heavy rains were to blame for a sanitary sewer spill at the Ward Creek Liftstation. It started at about 1:35 a.m. on Sunday when city personnel said they located an overflow condition coming from a manhole located just outside the fenced area of the Ward Creek Liftstation. City officials said the overflow stopped at about 3:30 a.m., but […]

Stephens County and Toccoa city officials said that downed trees were the major problem this past weekend with heavy rain that moved through the area. According to County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, the county seemed to fare pretty well this past weekend, especially when compared to neighboring counties. Ayers said she feels the county was prepared before the rain and wind […]

Two people face charges after they were allegedly caught in the act of burglarizing a Stephens County residence. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said that deputies were called to a Hayes Road residence over the weekend after getting a call of suspicious activity. “Once my deputies arrived on scene, they found two people and arrested them,” said Shirley. “They had […]

Firefighters said it appears an electrical problem may have caused a fire to erupt at Morgan’s Hardware in downtown Lavonia over the weekend. It happened about 10 a.m. on Sunday. Lavonia Fire Chief Scott O’Barr said his station was quick to respond. “This morning we received an alarm through 911 of a possible fire at Morgan’s Hardware,” O’Barr said Sunday. “When […]