Toccoa City Commissioners and staff will come together today to plan for the upcoming year. City commissioners and department heads will gather today for a retreat at the Mitchell Allen Meeting Room, located in the historic train depot in downtown Toccoa. Toccoa City Manager Mike Jackson said the retreat will start in the morning...
Authorities in Habersham County are investigating a death earlier this week that they are calling a homicide. Reports from the Georgia News Network indicate that 43-year-old Michael Anthony Hunnicutt of Toccoa was found dead in Habersham County Wednesday afternoon. According to authorities, Hunnicutt has a Toccoa address. but lives over the Stephens/Habersham County line...
Stephens County welcomes back a local orthopedic surgeon. Thursday, the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of Dr. James Fordyce’s new office in Toccoa. Dr. Fordyce is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who previously had an office in Toccoa, but then left to work for a hospital-owned practice...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Lavonia woman faces charges after she allegedly boarded a Franklin County School bus and confronted the driver. It happened Monday at about 7 a.m. on Poole Street in Lavonia. Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle said that 36-year-old Tabitha Mitchell Simmons of Grogan Street was angry because the...
The state of Georgia is using this week to call attention to the benefits of prescribed fires and burning. Governor Nathan Deal has declared this week Prescribed Fire Awareness Week in Georgia. Officials said that prescribed fire is a safe way to apply a natural process, ensure ecosystem health, and reduce wildfire risk. According...
Toccoa City Commissioners continue to discuss what to do about a proposal to increase the differential in water rates between customers who live inside the city limits of Toccoa and those who live outside the city limits in Stephens County. At Monday’s city commission work session, Toccoa City Manager Mike Jackson said that a...
The Stephens County School System will recognize its STAR student and teacher this afternoon at Stephens County High School. The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce says this year’s STAR student is Annabelle Zhuno. She then selected her 11th grade SAT preparation class teacher Carolyn Frady as her STAR teacher. The Student Teacher Achivement Recognition...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Lavonia woman is behind bars charged with murder in the death of her two-month baby last month. On Tuesday, agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Franklin County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested 21-year old Cheyenne Nicole Burtch of 10234 Highway 59, Lavonia. Burtch is charged with...
The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office is reporting an arrest in connection to a recent vehicle theft. Sheriff Randy Shirley said that on Sunday, deputies responded to the area of Big A Road in reference to a report of a stolen vehicle. According to Shirley, the victim told deputies that he was inside his house...
Stephens County officials are issuing a reminder for residents to make sure their E-911 addresses are posted properly. County officials indicate that beginning on April 1, the county will begin citing and issuing fines for penalties for violation of the E-911 posting ordinance. According to Stephens County ordinances, the address shall be posted and...
