Stephens County Commissioners will meet for a regularly scheduled meeting this morning. The county commission is scheduled to meet beginning at 8:30 a.m. today in the second-floor courtroom of the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. Commissioners will begin their meeting with a public hearing for consideration of a proposed body art code...
The Toccoa-Stephens County YMCA is preparing for its annual fundraising campaign. According to YMCA CEO Robin Dake, the campaign kickoff will take place next Thursday, March 21 at 6 p.m. at the Currahee Campus of North Georgia Technical College. “We are very excited about this year’s event,” said Dake. “It is called a ‘brinner,’...
Three local businesses receive recognition on a regional level for their efforts in health and wellness. District Two Public Health recognized the Toccoa-Stephens County YMCA, Osborne Wood Products, and First Franklin Financial Corporation Monday with awards for its “Celebrate Healthy North Georgia” initiative. Anderson Flen is District Two Public Health’s Health Promotion Coordinator. He...
The Georgia Department of Transportation has deferred a bid award on the northern end of the Highway 17 widening project. According to the list of bid awards released Monday morning by the DOT, it has deferred a bid award on the northern end of the Highway 17 project, which would create a four-lane Highway...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia An Anderson, South Carolina man has been indicted on charges of felony aggravated assault on two Franklin County Sheriff’s Office deputies. According to the indictment, Louis Damien Carver, whose last known address was 2313 Standridge Road, Anderson, was speeding down Watson Road in Franklin County on August 17,...
Toccoa City Commissioners are expected to again consider the re-financing of the city’s loans with the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority at a work session and regular meeting later today. The city commission will meet for a regularly scheduled meeting at 5 p.m. today. Preceding that at 3:30 p.m., city commissioners will hold a work...
The local Boy Scout Council honors three individuals, including a Toccoa doctor, at an annual event. Last Thursday, the Northeast Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts of America held its annual American Values Dinner at the Swanson Center of Piedmont College. Northeast Georgia Council Director of Field Service Foy Todd said that the dinner...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Lavonia woman has been indicted on three counts of murder in the death of her infant son. Court documents released this week indicate that 21-year-old Cheyenne Nicole Burtch was indicted on two counts of felony murder and one count of malice murder in the death of two-month-old...
More information is available regarding a drug bust in Habersham County last week that led to the arrest of two men, including one from Toccoa. Last week, authorities served a search warrant in Clarkesville that led to the arrest of 33-year-old Mikal Andrus Russell of Toccoa and 38-year-old Ethridge Sovato Russell of Clarkesville. Stephens...
Main Street Toccoa unveils another historic plaque in downtown. Last Thursday, the latest plaque was unveiled at what used to be the Nickelback Shoe Store on Doyle Street in downtown Toccoa. Main Street Toccoa’s Kembra Landry said that the building was known as the Nickelback for more than 20 years. “It was first owned...
