Category: News

The City of Toccoa has announced the Labor Day schedule. Toccoa City Hall will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday. Routes for garbage and recycling scheduled to be picked up on Monday, September 7th will be picked up on Tuesday, September 8th. Commercial garbage will be picked up as usual, but yard waste and other items will […]

Hunting season gets underway officially this weekend in Georgia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened areas on both sides of Hartwell Lake for the 2020-2021 Georgia and South Carolina hunting seasons. Four areas in Georgia and nine areas in South Carolina will be open for hunting under hunting laws and regulations established by each state. On the […]

Phone fraud is a huge problem in America and Toccoa City Commissioner Jeanette Jamieson has had enough. Jamieson said she was recently hit with back to back calls phishing for Social Security information. “The first thing that they are saying is this is the Social Security Administration. We have reason to believe there is a problem with your social security. […]

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Ronald Thomas, 49, of Athens for 10 counts of Elder Exploitation.  Thomas was booked into the Stephens County Detention Center.  At the time of the commission of the crimes, Thomas was employed as an Adult Protective Services (APS) Case Worker with the Georgia Department of Human Services.  Ronald Thomas has been suspended without pay […]

The Wednesday Covid-19 report from the Georgia Department of Public Health showed just a slight rise in cases in this area of Northeast Georgia. The latest Georgia Department of Public Health report shows Stephens County with 862 total positive cases of Covid-19 and 27 deaths. Locally, Stephens County Hospital and its facilities have administered 4,818 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 950 […]

After a several month-long drug trafficking investigation conducted by the Banks County Sheriff’s Office, Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) a search warrant was executed in Banks County at 741 Grant Mill Road, Alto, Georgia and a traffic stop on Highway 365 in Cornelia. The search warrant and traffic stop yielded approximately 100 grams […]

The Historic Ritz Theatre and Friends of the Ritz will be hosting a special program tomorrow night. Actor Bill Oberst Jr’s widely acclaimed “Lewis Grizzard: In His Own Words” takes the stage tomorrow night at 7 P.M. Oberst’s portrayal of the Southern writer and humorist is a one-man show authorized by Grizzard’s family. This two-act performance features Grizzard’s best-loved stories […]

The Democrat and Republican parties are hosting upcoming events. All boaters are invited to attend the “LAKE HARTWELL ‘TRUMP’ BOAT PARADE” this Saturday.  Parade starts at Hartwell Dam at 11:00 am and will go up the lake to the Harbor Light Marina under I-85 and some on to Tugaloo State Park.  Organizers are asking for you to fly your Trump […]

You may have noticed signs in and around businesses, schools, and around the community that read ” Present, Engaged, Supported” and featuring the Stephens County logo. Brandy Stacy is the Director of Student Services for the Stephens County School System. Stacy says the theme was adopted for this school year to encourage students. ” We know that this school year […]

The latest Georgia Department of Public Health report shows Stephens County with 853 total positive cases of Covid-19 and 27 deaths. The latest report was released Tuesday afternoon. Locally, Stephens County Hospital and its facilities have administered 4,818 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 950 tests have come back positive with 755 patients receiving positive results, 3,823 received negative results, and 45 […]