Law enforcement agencies are also preparing for a busy holiday weekend on the roadways with extra patrols. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said people need to remember to drive safely and obey the speed limit and other laws of the road. “Please buckle up and always be looking in your rear view mirror on...
Toccoa and Stephens County are both announcing their schedules for the Christmas holiday. Stephens County government offices and Toccoa City Hall will both be closed Monday and Tuesday in observance of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. In the city of Toccoa, routes for garbage and recycling scheduled to be picked up on Monday, December...
Whitleigh Swinton’s 10 points helped the Stephens County Lady Indians defeat the Lady Longhorns of Lanier 44-26 Thursday night at the Currahee Arena. Keocia Walker had seven points and Charity Major and Andresha Merritt each contributed six points. The Lady Indians jumped out to a 13-8 lead after the first period and never trailed...
Winter is getting off to a windy start. Winter officially begins later today. A wind advisory remains in effect for Stephens County through Saturday. Last night, downtown Toccoa received a wind gust of 33 miles per hour, with other wind gusts of over 20 miles an hour. Winds could gust as high as 45...
The Currahee Club opens its new welcome center. Thursday, the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the club’s welcome center. The welcome center is the building that used to be the sales office for the Currahee Club. The club’s community manager, Anne Shurley, said that the Currahee Club is excited...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The City of Royston says it will continue to use prison workers from Whitworth Detention Center until their contract with the prison runs out, no matter whether those prisoners are male or female. That was the decision of the Royston City Council at its regular meeting earlier this...
Stephens County school officials say that nothing was found after Toccoa Elementary School was locked down for a brief time Wednesday morning. Stephens County School Superintendent Sherrie Whiten said the lockdown was a precautionary measure. “At Toccoa Elementary, there was a report of someone in the parking lot that looked suspicious and (there were)...
Three Toccoa men face charges in connection with a shooting over the weekend in Banks County that left one man injured. According to Banks County Sheriff-Elect Carlton Speed, authorities responded to a location on Borders Road in Banks County at around 6 a.m. Sunday. Once there, authorities found 30-year-old David D. Watkins of Borders...
The city of Toccoa updates its occupation tax ordinance. Monday, city commissioners unanimously approved an updated version of the occupation tax ordinance. According to Toccoa City Attorney John Dickerson, the updated ordinance includes a number of changes. Dickerson said one change increases the flat fee assessed against businesses that are defined as professional businesses,...
The Toccoa City Commission approves bids for two separate SPLOST projects. On Monday, city commissioners unanimously approved bids for both the renovation of the engine room at the Doyle Street fire station and resurfacing of a number of city streets. The city commission awarded the renovation of the Fire Department Engine Room to Ivester...
