Author: Charlie Bauder

Starting next week, Stephens County’s convenience sites will no longer be set up to allow county residents to recycle. Tuesday, Stephens County Commissioners unanimously passed a motion that county convenience sites will no longer separate out recyclable items from household garbage at the county’s convenience sites starting on April 1. Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers said the convenience site attendants […]

Reports indicate that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Habersham County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a fatal double shooting. According to a report from accessnorthga.com, Habersham County Sheriff Joey Terrell says that two people were fatally shot at a home on Key Road off Dicks Hill Parkway around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. That is located in eastern Habersham County, near the […]

A company with Toccoa connections files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Standard Register recently announced that it and its subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the district of Delaware. Also, the Dayton, Ohio-based company announced that it is pursuing a sale process and has entered into an acquisition agreement with an affiliate of […]

The Stephens County Development Authority signs a resolution that it hopes will help a company make a decision about moving to the area. At its monthly meeting last Thursday, the Stephens County Development Authority unanimously approved an inducement resolution for an unnamed potential business project code named “Project Hummingbird.” Stephens County Development Authority Executive Director Tim Martin said an inducement […]

Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers says she hopes to have a final bond proposal ready for county commissioners to consider possibly in the next month or so. The county is looking to issue up to $4.5 million in bonds to forward fund SPLOST VI road projects planned for the county. SPLOST money would then re-pay the bonds. County officials said […]

Stephens County Commissioners approve additional funding to help support the county’s 4-H program. Tuesday, the county commission heard from Stephens County Extension Agent Forrest Connelly, who was requesting the county contribute an extra $2,700 annually to the funding it already contributes towards 4-H. This request came after the Stephens County Board of Education voted last month to cut its 4-H […]

Toccoa receives a visit from the National President of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies’ Auxiliary National President Ann Panteleakos visited the area this week. Tuesday, she spoke to a group of veterans and ladies auxiliary members at the Mitchell Allen Meeting Room in downtown Toccoa. Panteleakos said it is a honor for her to meet with […]

The city of Toccoa continues to make progress on improvements out at the Pines golf course. On Monday, city commissioners unanimously approved spending $25,000 to move the large metal maintenance building at the golf course from its current location by the Pro Shop to a new location adjacent to a small maintenance building elsewhere on the property. Toccoa City Manager […]

The Stephens County school system is holding Kindergarten registration this week. Kindergarten registration for the Stephens County school system will be held on Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration will be held at the Stephens County elementary schools. A child must be five years of age on or before September 1, […]