Author: Charlie Bauder

By Charles Robertson, WRBN Radio, Clayton The former director of the Boggs Mountain Animal Shelter in Rabun County is denied a motion for a reduced sentence. Lowanda “Peanut” Kilby was in a Rabun County Courtroom Tuesday before Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Russell Smith. Her attorney, Tim Healy, argued for a reduction in her sentence from the original 15 […]

Toccoa is pursuing state funding for further road improvements in the city. At their work session and meeting Monday, city commissioners looked at two state funding options for road-related projects in the city. First, commissioners considered the 2015 LMIG Project List. LMIG stands for Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant and is state money that the city receives each year to […]

Stephens County will mark Veterans Day next month and organizers are looking for community participation again this year. The American Legion Post 104, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4346, and Marine Corps League Currahee Mountain Detachment 1303 are inviting all civic and patriotic organizations to participate in the county’s 2014 Veterans Day’ Ceremony. That ceremony will be held on November […]

The Stephens County Commission is scheduled to consider a motion to re-instate funding for a state inmate work crew for litter pick-up at its meeting this morning. Stephens County Commissioners are scheduled to meet at 8:30 a.m. today in the second-floor courtroom of the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. Commissioners had cut funding for the litter pick-up crew […]

The Executive Director of an area domestic violence agency receives recognition from a state agency. Last month, the Georgia Commission on Family Violence awarded Suzanne Dow with its highest honor, the Gender Justice Award, during its annual conference. Dow is the Executive Director of Circle of Hope, a state certified family violence agency that serves Stephens, Habersham, and White counties. […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Franklin County Sheriff’s Office investigators were in South Carolina Saturday night gathering information on two men who allegedly robbed a restaurant at gunpoint Saturday afternoon. It happened about 2 p.m. Saturday at the Subway off Exit 160 in Carnesville. According to Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas, one of the men entered the restaurant with […]

Nobody was hurt in two weekend fires in Toccoa. Fire Chief Tommy Ayers said city fire crews responded to two fires on Sunday in Toccoa. Ayers said the first one occurred at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday on Collins Road. He said the fire caused heavy damage to the house, but there were no injuries as everyone got out safely. According […]

Voters can start casting ballots today for the November election. In Stephens County, early voting starts today downstairs in the Stephens County Government Building in downtown Toccoa. Stephens County Registrar Theresa Kelley said polls will open at 8 a.m. today for those who are ready to vote in the general election. “We are here for the next three weeks, Monday […]

Toccoa City Commissioners are scheduled to look at the issue of streets again at their meeting coming up today. The city commission meets today at 5 p.m. at Toccoa City Hall for a regularly scheduled meeting. During the meeting, Toccoa City Commissioners are scheduled to consider the LMIG Street Project List for 2015. LMIG stands for Local Maintenance and Improvement […]

Weekend storms bring rain and some power outages to Stephens County. Storms moved through the area Sunday morning and early Sunday afternoon. At one point, some of those storms around noon on Sunday knocked out power to part of Toccoa for a time, including some parts of Big A Road. In all, the storms dumped 1.26 inches of rain Sunday […]