Category: News

The Stephens County High School (SCHS) Marching Indian Band and Auxiliary were selected to participate in Disney’s Imagination Campus program with a special March on Main Street in the Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Festival of Fantasy parade on Friday, April 5. In all, sixty students, twelve chaperones, and four band and auxiliary directors traveled from Toccoa to Orlando to […]

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Mobile Veterans Center will be at Grant Reeves Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7720 in Cornelia on Saturday, May 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Mobile Veterans Center offers confidential help for veterans, service members, and their families at no cost in a non-medical setting. The event is open to all veterans, […]

Yesterday, candidates in the three contested races up for election in the May 21 general primary and nonpartisan election participated in a Town Hall Political Forum, hosted by the Toccoa Stephens County Chamber of Commerce.  Roughly 200 residents attended the event, held at 6 p.m. at the Ritz Theatre in downtown Toccoa, and another 100 tuned in to the livestream […]

If you are one of the many who has waited until the last minute to file your 2023 Federal Income Tax return, you only have hours now to do so. The tax filing deadline is midnight tonight, and in Georgia, deadlines for state income taxes mirror Federal deadlines. Additionally,  USPS has announced that they will have normal post office hours […]

The Stephens County Political Forum, hosted by the Toccoa/Stephens County Chamber of Commerce, will be held this evening, April 15, at 6 p.m. at  the Ritz Theatre, 166 W. Doyle Street in Toccoa. The event will feature candidates from the Sheriff race, the Probate Court Judge Race, and the race for Stephens County Commissioner Post 3 seat. Stephens County Hospital […]

Toccoa Chief of Police Jimmy Mize is asking area residents protect themselves and their possessions by taking two simple steps. “Lock your doors, and if you see something, say something,” Mize said earlier this week as he talked to media representatives regarding a recent rash of “entering vehicle” incidents.  Mize said the occurrences appeared to be crimes of opportunity and […]

Kandice Johnson, 31, of Toccoa, has been placed under arrest and taken into custody at the White County Detention Center after Cleveland Police Department officers responded to complaints of foul odors at a Wanda Drive apartment complex and found a small puppy that was deceased and partly decomposed. According to a press release by Cleveland Police Chief Jeff Shoemaker, when […]

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE…This afternoon and tonight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and early evening. Some of the storms may produce heavy rainfall, possibly leading to isolated flooding. Isolated severe storms are also possible this afternoon and early evening, with damaging […]

Stephens County residents will have an opportunity to do some spring cleaning this coming Saturday, and save money at the same time.  At a recent meeting of the Stephens County Board of Commissioners, Saturday, April 13 was approved unanimously as Amnesty day in Stephens COunty.  The Amnesty Day event, on April 13, will run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. […]

The Night at the Ritz series continues on April 19 with Legacy – Motown and More. The show starts at 7 p.m at the Historic Ritz Theatre, 166 West Doyle Street in Toccoa. Legacy, an international male vocal group from New York City, includes members from Broadway’s production, “Motown The Musical,” delivering iconic concert hits spanning from The Jackson 5 […]