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Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey said the school system will hopefully start advertising the Finance Director’s position in the near future. Angel Terry submitted a letter of resignation last week from that position, according to Dorsey, who says the Board of Education must still officially accept that letter at their next board meeting later this month. Dorsey said with […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Indian baseball team moves back above .500 in region play with a big road win. Stephens County exploded for 14 hits on the way to a 10-1 win Wednesday in Bogart over North Oconee in Region 8-AAAA play. Dylan Simpson had two doubles and four RBI’s to pace the Indian attack, including a bases-loaded double in the […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Franklin County man is finally behind bars after trying to skip out on a prison sentence for selling drugs. According to Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas, 63-year old Toy Lee Fowler pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court on March 23rd to two counts of felony possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. […]
Read moreThe judge in the Wilbros civil case in Stephens County issues a new court order in light of last month’s hearing. Judge Robert Adamson issued a new Emergency Contempt Order on March 24 and it was released Tuesday. In it, Judge Adamson ordered that Wilbros shall immediately stop receiving, accepting, or transporting to its Toccoa site any solid or liquid […]
Read moreA drug investigation in Stephens County leads to two arrests. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley announced this week that 34-year-old Joshua Louis Starrett of Toccoa had been arrested and charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine, while 32-year-old Brian Keith Fowler of Lavonia was arrested and charged with Possession of a Schedule 3 Narcotic. The sheriff said the arrest came after authorities began […]
Read moreA Royston man faces charges after an accident last week in Stephens County. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said that on March 24 at about 6:35 p.m., deputies with the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office responded to a one vehicle accident at the intersection of Camp Road and Isbell Road in Eastanollee. Shirley said that deputies found a black 2003 GMC […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Transportation said work on the State Route 17 project will affect a water line in the Martin area later today. DOT Spokesperson Teri Pope said work will begin this morning to install a new water line at the intersection of Yow Mill Road on State Route 17. “As part of the road widening, utility relocations are […]
Read moreFinal details are still not yet available in the shooting deaths of two men in eastern Habersham County, near the Stephens County line, as the investigation continues. The shooting took place on Key Road, off of Dicks Hill Parkway, early in the afternoon of Wednesday, March 25, according to the Northeast Georgian. The Northeast Georgian identified the victims as 77-year-old […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Middle School boys’ tennis team made school history by finishing its regular season undefeated with a perfect 8-0 record. The Rebels defeated Hart County on Monday by a match score of 5-0. It was their sixth shutout of the season. Meanwhile, the Stephens County Indian varsity baseball team will look to get back on track later today […]
Read moreThe first public hearing on the proposed closing of Eastanollee Elementary School shows a split in opinions and a lot of questions. Hundreds were at the Tugaloo Center for the Performing Arts at Stephens County High School Monday for the first of two public hearings on the proposed closing of Eastanollee Elementary. Many of the first speakers opposed the proposal […]
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