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CHARLES ROBERTSON Local group sends out call for actors. A Greater Lavonia Community, Inc. will be holding auditions for their 2017 Land of Spirit production, titled “Living, Loving and Dying” next week. The auditions will be next Monday night, May 1 from 7-8:30 PM at the Lavonia Cultural Center and are open to all members of the community of any […]
Read moreGeorgia Governor Nathan Deal signed House Bill 208 yesterday afternoon in Brunswick. House Bill 208 makes changes in Georgia law to simplify the hunting and fishing license structure while also adjusting fees for resident hunting and fishing licenses for the first time since 1992. More than 5,000 Georgia residents provided feedback about the content of House Bill 208 through a […]
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An Eastanollee man is behind bars charged with the theft of a go cart from a local Boys Scout camp. It happened last month at the Village Camp off New Hope Road in Stephens County, according to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley. One of the items taken in the theft was a double-sided go-cart valued at $3,000. Shirley said last […]
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Brannon Hulsey, SCHS The Stephens County Lady Indians Golf Team placed fourth Monday in the Area 2 tournament held at Lane Creek Golf Course in Bishop, Georgia. Area 2 is comprised of Region 8-AAAA and Region 3-AAAA. They played through rain and extremely wet course conditions to finish strong and be one of the four teams to advance to the […]
Read moreThe City of Toccoa officially opened Reflections Event Center at Lake Toccoa this past weekend. Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse said that this addition is another step to enhance the Lake Toccoa area. “ For the last couple of years the city commission has had a master plan for improvements at Lake Toccoa. This facility is for large events-200 or […]
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The Toccoa City Commission held a meeting last week to discuss the FY 2018 budget. At the Toccoa City Commission meeting on Monday night Mayor Jeanette Jamieson told those in attendance that one thing was very evident during the budget talks. “ I think we realized then what a tremendous workload our employees take on in-house so to speak so […]
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Georgia’s State Veterinarian has lifted the ban on the sale of poultry in the state. In a press release issued late last week, Dr. Robert Cobb Jr. said effective immediately, all poultry exhibitions, shows, sales (flea markets, auction markets), swaps, and meets in the State of Georgia are permitted to return to normal operation. Cobb said the ban was lifted […]
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The Stephens County Indians will be on the road this Friday traveling close to three hours to face Northwest Whitfield in the opening round of the Class AAAA state playoffs. The Indians are the number four seed from Region 8 and finished the season with two wins over St. Pius to advance to the playoffs. The Indians enter the playoffs […]
Read moreIn Franklin County, the search is over for a Canon man charged with a shooting in Martin. Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas said it happened Easter Sunday night at a home off SR17 in Martin. 41-year-old Stewart Ravenell allegedly shot the unidentified victim in the chest, then fled the scene. The victim was taken to a local trauma center in […]
Read moreChad Dorsett, WSNW Two separate fatal wrecks in Oconee County, South Carolina on Sunday. A 27-year-old Fair Play man died Sunday night in the emergency department at Oconee Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained in a two vehicle collision. The South Carolina Highway Patrol investigated this incident reported to Oconee 911 Communications at 5:54pm. This collision occurred on SC 130 in […]
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