The U.S. Forest Service is conducting a prescribed burn today in Stephens County. According to the Forest Service, the burn is taking place over about 734 acres in the Pear Orchard area of the Lake Russell Wildlife Management Area, about halfway between Cornelia and Toccoa. The purpose of the burn is fuel reduction to...
Stephens County authorities have an Oconee County, South Carolina woman in custody after a cross-state chase earlier this week. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, the chase took place Monday night and started across the river in Oconee County. “Oconee County Sheriff’s deputies were involved in a high-speed chase that came into Stephens...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Franklin County grand jury has indicted Brent Shubert for the murder of his fiancée, 33-year old Bonny Anne Cooner. According to court documents released Tuesday, Shubert was indicted on one count of malice murder, one count of felony murder and one count of concealing the death of...
A signed order from the judge in the Wilbros civil case says that a trial on the case could take place in late May. According to the order signed by Judge Robert Adamson, the Court will schedule trial before a jury to start on May 21 or as soon as practical thereafter as a...
Stephens County Commission Chairman Stanley London says the elimination of stickers for garbage at the county’s convenience sites is going well. Starting Friday, the county eliminated the need to purchase stickers at a cost of 80 cents each to drop off a bag of trash at one of the county’s convenience sites. Prior to...
An employee at Stephens County Hospital submits the winning logo for a statewide Patient Safety Awareness Week contest. According to a press release, Stephens County Hospital pharmacist Angela Jackson won the contest. Jackson’s winning logo design was revealed at the Georgia Hospital Association’s Partnership for Health and Accountability annual Patient Safety Summit in January....
The Habersham and Hart County school districts are among 25 honored by the state for supporting their local economies and increasing the amount of local food they serve to their students through “Farm to School” programs. State officials honored these 25 Georgia school districts for taking the “5 Million Meals Challenge” and pledging to...
Hang on to your hat, it looks like a windy morning in Stephens County. Since midnight, downtown Toccoa has recorded a high wind gust of 29 miles per hour. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for Stephens County. That wind advisory will remain in effect through midnight tonight as the forecast...
Area school officials are reacting to federal cuts in education funding resulting from the “sequester” that went into place last week. One of the areas cut as part of the federal “sequester” was federal education funding to local school systems. Stephens County School Superintendent Sherrie Whiten said that the school system worked to avoid...
The Stephens County School System will hold kindergarten registration next month. According to an announcement from the Stephens County School System, kindergarten registration will be held at each elementary school on both April 11 and April 12. On April 11, kindergarten registration will run from 4 to 6 p.m. On April 12, it will...
