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Stephens County is scheduled to receive about $425-thousand dollars in federal monies to help senior and low-income residents pay their winter heating bills. That’s according to Mike Fisher, Housing/Planning Manager for the Ninth District Opportunity. Fisher tells WNEG News his office has not received the official amount from the federal government yet, but he says that is what Stephens County […]
Read moreIn Franklin County, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is working with the Sheriff’s office in the shooting death of a child. Franklin County Sheriff’s office Chief Investigator Jimmy LeCroy tells WNEG News it happened Saturday afternoon in the Gumlog Community. LeCroy said deputies were dispatched to St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia to assist a father arriving at the […]
Read moreA Toccoa man is behind bars in Myrtle Beach, SC charged with murder. According to a report in the Myrtle Beach Sun News, 24-year old Jakkari Jaquille De’Andre Brown of Toccoa has pending warrants for murder, possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a violent crime, unlawful use of a weapon and carrying a pistol or firearm into […]
Read moreMountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney George Christian is expected to go before the Stephens County Board of Commissioners today to ask for extra funding to pay for a new Assistant District Attorney for Stephens County. Former ADA Rick Bridgeman retired at the end of September and Christian it will be tough to replace an ADA of his experience and caliber. […]
Read moreSharp shooters will want to mark their calendars for the Marine Corps League’s first annual Devil Dog Shootout. Sponsored by the Marine Corps LeagueCurrahee Mountain Detatchment 1303 in Toccoa, the Shootout will be held on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Red Hill Range located at 2238 Toms Creek Road in Martin. The shootout will consist of four divisions: Law Enforcement, Fire/EMT, […]
Read moreThe Lady Indians Quad-A playoff softball game originally scheduled for Wednesday has been moved up to this afternoon. Forecasted rain from Michael on Thursday prompted officials to make the change to this afternoon. This season, the Lady Indians Softball team is hoping for a repeat performance when they represent Region-8 as the #3 seed again in the Quad-A State Playoffs, […]
Read moreHabersham County authorities have enlisted the help of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation into the shooting deaths of two people. It happened Sunday evening at home near Alto, according to the Habersham County Sheriff’s office. A spokesman for the Habersham County Sheriff’s office said the deaths appear to have been related to a domestic issue, but would not elaborate. Habersham […]
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If you plan to vote in November and have not registered, today is the last day to do so. Stephens County Registrar Bill Cochran reminds citizens that there are a number of ways to get registered. “Well October the 9th is the deadline to register to vote or submit changes to an existing registration,” Cochran said. “If they need to […]
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As they have for the past 20 years dozens of former employees of Coats and Clark gathered Saturday for their annual reunion at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center. For many years, the Coats plant, or the Thread Mill as it was commonly known, was the county’s largest employer, The plant dyed sewing threads for consumer and industrial use. In the […]
Read moreMain Street Toccoa unveiled the second historic plaque in the 2018-2019 series, last week, at the Star Theatre on West Doyle Street. Main Street Manager Christian Hamilton says the Star Theatre was the first movie house in Toccoa. “It was constructed between 1913 and 1917. It was a single-movie theatre and was constructed during the silent-movie era,” Hamilton said. “Historically, […]
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