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The Stephens County Lady Indian basketball team picks up its second straight region win. Stephens County’s girls jumped out to a 17-point lead in the second half and withstood a late push from Monroe Area to win 41-31 Friday in Monroe. The Lady Indians hit 14 of 20 free throws in the second half to help seal the win. Lexie […]
Read moreThe Toccoa Falls College men’s basketball team drops a conference game at home. Pensacola Christian College defeated the TFC men Saturday night, 83-71. TFC shot just 32 percent from the field, including just 23 percent from beyond the three-point line. Meanwhile, Pensacola Christian shot 50 percent from three-point range for the game, hitting 9 of 18 from downtown. Josh Barrett […]
Read moreStephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said on Saturday that a woman was killed after being struck by a train in Stephens County. Shirley said that at 6 p.m. Friday, 911 dispatch contacted the Sheriff’s Office and reported that a Norfolk Southern cargo train had struck a pedestrian near the Stonewall Court bridge located in the area of the airport. Shirley […]
Read moreCaterpillar said it is closing its Toccoa facility by the end of 2016. In a press release issued late Thursday afternoon, the company says it will close both its Toccoa, Georgia foundry and its Franklin, North Carolina facility and consolidate production to a facility in Mapleton, Illinois over and within the next two years. The Toccoa facility is located in […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Development Authority starts off its calendar year. The Development Authority board held its first meeting of 2015 Thursday morning at the Authority’s offices in downtown Toccoa. During the meeting, the Authority welcomed two new members to the board, as Toccoa Mayor Terry Carter and Stephens County Commission Chair Dennis Bell took their seats on the Authority for […]
Read moreToccoa and Stephens County will host a series of events this weekend to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Saturday at 3 p.m. at Greater Hope Baptist Church in Martin, they will hold the annual “Senior Citizens Reflections” event. Then on Sunday at 5 p.m., the annual musical extravaganza will take place at Friendship Baptist Church […]
Read moreLocal governments are announcing their schedules for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Both Stephens County government offices and Toccoa City Hall are closed on Monday in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. In the city of Toccoa, routes for garbage and recyclables scheduled to be picked up on Monday, January 19th will be picked up on Tuesday, […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Board of Education pays off its 2014 tax anticipation note. Thursday, Stephens County school officials said the system paid off its tax anticipation note of $4.752 million on December 4th. According to the monthly financial report, that left the school system with just under $500,000 excess revenues over expenditures as of December 31, which is the halfway […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Middle School basketball teams are off until next Friday, January 23rd, when they travel to Madison County. This past Tuesday, the 7th and 8th grade basketball teams faced Hart County. The 7th grade boys lost to Hart by a score of 42-31. Keondre Latner had 7 points to lead the 7th grade boys, while Daniel Mayfield added […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia While 2015 is off to a fairly wet start, a look back at 2014 shows it was a dry year for Lake Hartwell. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, observed rainfall in the upper basin recorded deficits in 2014 for all three sub-basins, but Lake Hartwell’s deficit was the biggest. Lake Hartwell […]
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