The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley reports seven people were arrested on drug charges after investigators went to 317 Skyview Lane in Toccoa to follow up on an ongoing burglary investigation. Investigators arrived at the residence on May 11 and at that time, multiple subjects began running from open windows and doors in several different directions. Investigators chased the first suspect […]
Read moreAt their work session last Thursday, the Stephens County Board of Education approved a new assistant principal for Big A Elementary School. Regina Bayles will start as assistant principal effective July 1, 2017. The board also approved five teachers, a bus driver and three substitute bus drivers.
Read moreAfter a two week quarantine due to parvo, the Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter will reopen to the public this week. Shelter Director Tammie Jordinias says they shelter can reopen starting today. “We have been under quarantine for 14 days because of a puppy that came in by animal control that seemed to be fine and then broke with parvo a couple […]
Read moreThe Toccoa Stephens County Chamber of Commerce hosted its 20th Annual Golf Classic, Friday May 12th at the Currahee Club. President of the Chamber Julie Paysen said that the there was a lot of participation this year. “We had 25 teams this year, teams of four, and those spots had been booked up for over a month,” said Paysen. “So […]
Read moreThis is National Peace Officers Memorial Week. Monday was National Peace Officers Memorial Day and in Washington DC and around the country, law enforcement agencies lowered their flags to half staff in remembrance of fallen officers. Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas is remembering two deputies who died in the line of duty. “In accordance for federal law and observance of the […]
Read moreIn Banks County, a Commerce man is behind bars on multiple charges. According to the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, the arrest came on May 10 when multiple search warrants were served at various homes in Banks and Jackson counties. Spokesman Mitchell Posey tells WNEG News Banks County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a TPO violation at a home on McDonald […]
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Toccoa Falls College announces Dr. Dale C. Garside as the 2017 Recipient of the Vulcan Materials Teaching Excellence Award. Garside has graduate degrees in French and Spanish, is fluent in five languages and has decades of overseas experience in cross-cultural contexts. He has also written comprehensive two-year textbooks for beginning and intermediate French and Spanish as well as course materials […]
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The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning is providing free meals for children 18 and under throughout the summer. The service is provided through the Summer Food Service Program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Director of Nutrition Services for the Department of Early Learning and Care Falita Flowers said that the program provides free meals […]
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The Stephens County Board of Education will hold its regularly scheduled meeting this evening at 5:30 p.m. On the agenda is a fiscal year 18 budget hearing, a graduation update, a financial report for the April budget and SPLOST activity, approval of school codes of conduct and the nutrition program. The meeting is located at the district office and is […]
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A Stephens County High School athlete has signed a letter of intent to play softball in college. Kelsey Westmoreland, daughter of Scottie and Melissa Westmoreland, will attend and play for Covenant College at Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Kelsey will major in early childhood education, and she said why she chose Covenant College: “I visited some other schools, but I visited Covenant […]
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