Local Relay for Life efforts will kick off their yearly campaign with an event this week. The 2013 Stephens County Relay for Life kick-off event will take place on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Cheek Hall at Toccoa First United Methodist Church. This year’s Relay for Life in Stephens County is set for...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Ty Cobb Healthcare Systems is losing its Chief Executive Officer and he will not be replaced. In a called meeting of the Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center Board Wednesday, the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer David Seagraves submitted his resignation. Seagraves has served as the Ty Cobb Healthcare System...
The city of Toccoa unveils another downtown historic plaque. Thursday, Main Street Toccoa unveiled a historic plaque at Booksellers on Doyle Street in downtown Toccoa. The building was built around 1920 and has been home to many things. Main Street Toccoa’s Kembra Landry said it housed Grooh’s Department Store in the 1940s. “After...
Stephens County’s Indian and Lady Indian basketball teams will have a few days off after a tough night in the Inferno in Elbert County. The Lady Indian and Indian basketball teams both lost non-region games on the road to Elbert County Saturday. In the girls’ game, Stephens County led at the half, but Elbert...
The Stephens County Lady Indians kept the Lady Knights of Johnson High School winless so far this season, cruising to a 46-20 win Friday night at the Currahee Arena. Johnson’s girls did not score in the first quarter and the Lady Indians were kept off the scoreboard in the fourth period. Charity Major led...
The Stephens County Board of Education starts 2013 by receiving information on the school system’s facilities plan. Thursday, the Board of Education met for a meeting, work session, and board training. The topic of the board training was the system’s facilities plan and the renewal of that plan. Doug Fields, who is helping the...
The Stephens County Board of Education approved an additional $1,400 in support of the Wilbros suit at its meeting Thursday. The decision came following an hour-long executive session. According to school officials, this is related to the intergovernmental agreement signed by a number of parties in conjunction with funding the civil suit against Wilbros....
The 23rd annual celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. begins this weekend in Toccoa. Willie Woodruff is the Vice President of the Black Christian Men Association and is coordinating this year’s commemoration activities. He said events get started on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mount Zion Baptist Church with the...
Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley is warning area residents to be on the lookout for a door-to-door business he says is offering one thing but doing another. Shirley said that a group from the area of North Augusta, South Carolina has been spotted in Stephens County recently. The sheriff said that the group offers...
9th District U.S. Representative Doug Collins has announced that he now has his main offices in Gainesville and Washington, D.C. up and running. Collins said that for the time being, he will begin operation with one district office in Gainesville. It is located at 111 Green Street Southeast in Gainesville. The phone number is...
