Category: News

Toccoa is celebrating Georgia Cities Week all this week. At their regular meeting Monday, City Commissioners issued a special proclamation in honor of the week. Sponsored by the Georgia Municipal Association, Georgia Cities Week gives communities the opportunity to share information about the valuable services they provide to residents and how cities positively impact their quality of life. The week […]

The Toccoa-Stephens County Airport will play host a special Civil Air Patrol open house this weekend. Taking place at the Toccoa-Stephens County Airport, Airport Manager Will Cobb says the event will also be a fundraiser for the the Civil Air Patrol. “I’ve been a manager a little over three years and we really haven’t had the opportunity to do an […]

Newly elected State Representative Chris Erwin and three county boards of elections have withdrawn their appeal to the State Supreme Court contesting Supreme Court Judge David Sweat’s ruling that ordered the third re-do in April of the House District 28 Special Primary. Erwin’s attorney, along with the attorneys for the Habersham, Stephens and Banks County Boards of Elections filed the […]

This is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and at their regular meeting Monday Toccoa City Commissioners issued a Proclamation naming April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Toccoa. As a former teacher, Mayor Gail Fry said the issue of child abuse is close to her heart. “This is true to my heart,” she said. “As a former educator and working […]

Just a reminder, if you need to get your pet vaccinated against rabies, you can do so this weekend for $5 in Franklin County. The annual rabies clinic takes place Saturday, April 27th at various locations and times around Franklin County. Franklin County Environmental Health Director Louis Korff says the rabies clinic is not just for residents of Franklin County. […]

A Monday morning accident that claimed the life of a Mineral Bluff man is being investigated by the Georgia State Patrol’s Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team (SCRT). According to a report issued by the GSP, the accident occurred at 7:15 a.m. on Memorial Drive after a 2013 Ford Explorer, driven by Skylar Zane Cisson, 17, of Eastanollee, attempted to cross Ga […]

Local leaders received an update on the recently completed state legislative session, on Monday, in Stephens County. 50th District State Senator John Wilkinson and 28th District State Representative Chris Erwin appeared before local leaders at a Post-Legislative Coffee event Monday in the Mitchell Allen Meeting Room at the Historic Train Depot in Toccoa. Wilkinson said this session there were several […]

In an Emergency Called Meeting, on Saturday, the Stephens County Board of Commissioners approved a motion, signing Stephens County’s Declaration of Local Emergency Resolution in hopes of receiving State reimbursement for the cost to repair the recent storm-damages. Stephens County Emergency 911 Director Danielle Rhodes says that the resolution will ensure that if there are reimbursements, through GEMA or other […]

If you are planning to travel on I-85 anytime this week, you might want to plan to leave earlier than planned. That’s because the Georgia Department of Transportation Crews is starting asphalt paving in both directions along the Jackson, Barrow, and Gwinnett county corridor. That means you can expect single-lane traffic and traffic slow downs all this week through Sunday […]

A Washington man is behind bars after officers with the Toccoa Police Department spotted an older-model Dodge Charger driving recklessly. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize on April 11, officers with his department along with troopers with the Georgia State Patrol responded to a BOLO (Be on the lookout) for the vehicle for reckless driving. An officer in the […]