Chamber Celebrates Linda’s At The Rebel As New Member

Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce and area citizens recently celebrated the ongoing success of Linda’s At the Rebel, and  Linda’s at the Rebel Restaurant is located at 66 Doyle Street in downtown Toccoa. Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President Julie Paysen expressed her appreciation for business owner Rodney Weaver’s choice to continue investing in downtown Toccoa by keeping Linda’s Place […]

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Franklin County’s Price Family Farm awarded Georgia Centennial Farm Award

Franklin County’s Price Family Farm, owned by Brad & Sarah Yuilee, was recently awarded the Georgia Centennial Farm Award. The Price Family Farm was recognized by Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tyler Harper and the Georgia Department of Agriculture during the 34th Annual Georgia National Fair as one of 13 Georgia farms earning the Centennial Farm Award in 2023.  The Centennial […]

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SOCIAL SECURITY TO INCREASE 3.2% IN 2024

MJ Kneiser/WLHR Social Security and Supplemental Security Income, or SSI benefits for more than 71 million Americans will increase 3.2 percent in 2024, the Social Security Administration recently announced. On average, Social Security retirement benefits will increase by more than $50 per month starting in January. More than 66 million Social Security beneficiaries will see the 3.2 percent cost-of-living adjustment […]

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Halloween 2023 is here

Toccoa’s 32nd annual Halloween Costume Parade is today! Children will begin lining up at 9:30 a.m. and the parade begins at 10:00 a.m. Like parades in the past, there will be two lines again, with both lines starting at the corner of Doyle and Alexander streets. Children wearing homemade costumes who would like to be judged will be in one […]

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AIP Voter Tally for October 30, 2023

2023 AIP Voter Tally for October 30, 2023 Town of Martin Advance In-Person: 2 (Advance In-Person Total: 14) Absentee Ballots Mailed: 0 Absentee Ballots Returned thus Far: 0 Provisional Ballots: 0 City of Toccoa Advance In-Person: 25 (Advance In-Person Total: 352) Absentee Ballots Mailed: 42 Absentee Ballots Returned thus Far: 25 Provisional Ballots: 1

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Stan Elrod Memorial Highway dedicated

Three years after his death, local and regional residents continue to remember and honor Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Captain Stan Elrod, who was struck and killed by an impaired driver on Sept. 3, 2020. On Sept. 29, Lake Louise Road in Toccoa was dedicated to Elrod. Stephens County Commissioner Dennis Bell, who was friends since childhood with […]

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