Unemployment Rate in GA Mountains Region Down for March

The unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region, which includes Stephens and Franklin counties, was 4.2 percent in March, down from 4.4 percent in February.  State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said the rate declined because more people went back to work. Butler said however, the two biggest impacts on the unemployment numbers are the size of the labor force and […]

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Toccoa Planning Commission Meets Tonight

The Stephens County Planning Commission will hold their regular meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the Stephens County Historical Courthouse Courtroom. Included on the agenda is a variance request on Walker Road that is Agricultural Residential to allow a second resident on the lot, and a variance request from ASI Southeast, Inc. on Clary Connector with a proposed action for […]

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Rotary Club to Host Annual Top 5 Banquet Tomorrow

The Rotary Club of Toccoa will host its annual Top 5 Banquet tomorrow evening at 6:00 p.m. at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center in Toccoa.  Those students earning the coveted Top 5 percent title will be recognized at the banquet. Stephens County High School graduating seniors in the Top Five percent of the graduating class are awarded a $1,000 scholarship […]

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Investigation into Death of Infant Closing

The Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney said it is closing the investigation surrounding the unfortunate and sad death of an infant last October. District Attorney George R. Christian issued a release on Friday announcing that the results of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation autopsy revealed that the noted cause of death from the autopsy of infant Lamar Joseph Robinson was […]

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Indians Lose to Northwest Whiftfield

It was the one that got away… The Stephens County Indians were three outs from advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in the Class AAAA State Playoffs, but sometimes those last three outs are the hardest to get. The Indians led 6-1 in the seventh inning, but Northwest Whitfield took advantage of four walks, a hit batsman,and three hits to score seven […]

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