A line of storms brings heavy rain, wind, and some power outages to the region. The band moved through during the 6 p.m. hour Thursday. The storms did cause a power outage at the WNEG transmitter, taking us off the air for a time Thursday evening. Some other areas of Georgia Power customers in...
Authorities are declaring the deaths of two individuals in Toccoa earlier this week as a murder-suicide. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Medical Examiner notified the Stephens County Coroner’s Office Wednesday of the ruling involving the deaths of Ernest Farren Mitchell, 51, and Selena Dianne Mitchell, 49, both...
A Toccoa man faces multiple felony charges after he allegedly shot at two women in a pick-up truck last week. Wednesday, Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell announced that authorities have charged 55-year-old Glen Adams, Jr. of Almond Street in Toccoa with two counts of Aggravated Assault and one count of Possession of a Firearm...
A world-renowned actor is putting his support behind the Camp Toccoa at Currahee project in Stephens County. The Camp Toccoa at Currahee board announced this week that it received a $25,000 donation for the restoration of the camp from actor Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, through the actor’s foundation. Hanks had served...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Autopsy results are back on the Hartwell man who died while swimming in Lake Hartwell Saturday. 54-year old Dennis Baker of the Reed Creek Community in Hartwell died around 7:30 p.m. last Saturday evening while swimming with friends at the old Reed Creek Boat Ramp. Hart County Sheriff...
The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday for the Longstreet Cancer Center. The Longstreet Cancer Center is under the banner of the Longstreet Clinic in Gainesville. Dr. Anup Lahiry is the medical oncologist and hematologist for the Longstreet Cancer Center. He said they appreciate the support they have received...
The Toccoa Rookie League baseball All-Stars win the District title. Toccoa defeated Habersham 12-4 Wednesday in Clarkesville to take the district crown. Meanwhile, in Rookie League softball, Toccoa’s All-Stars lost two games to be eliminated from the double-elimination tournament. Toccoa lost to Habersham 22-13 last Saturday and 11-9 to Hart last Monday in Rookie...
Stephens County Attorney Brian Ranck said Tuesday that parties for both Wilbros and the plaintiffs suing Wilbros continue to negotiate per the instructions of the judge overseeing the civil suit. According to Ranck, the two sides are currently in the midst of a 15-day negotiating period to attempt to reach a new joint order...
Stephens County presents its proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget. County Administrator Phyllis Ayers presented the proposed budget during Tuesday’s commission meeting. The proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget totals about $16.5 million for all funds and $12.9 million for the general fund. Both of those numbers are down from the Fiscal Year 2013 budget. The...
Despite reports to the contrary, the Carl Vinson Institute of Government said Tuesday it is more than willing to help Stephens County in its efforts to design a land use plan. Last week, County Administrator Phyllis Ayers said that the institute notified her recently that it would not enter into a contract with Stephens...
