Toccoa City Manager Mike Jackson is commenting more on the process that led to the selection of Tim Jarrell as the new Toccoa Police Chief. Originally, Toccoa City Commissioners approved a motion in August to spend $9,500 to hire the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police Assessment Center to help the city assess top...
Toccoa has a new police chief and the city did not have to go far to find him. Monday, Toccoa City Manager Mike Jackson announced that he had selected Tim Jarrell as the city’s new police chief. The announcement followed a 90-minute executive session. Jarrell, the city’s former assistant police chief, has been serving...
Authorities are asking for the public’s help with a 2011 death in Toccoa that authorities are calling a homicide. According to Toccoa Police Department Chief Tim Jarrell, police responded to a Norman Drive residence on March 1, 2011 at about 5:30 p.m. “The police department responded to 5 Norman Drive of a report of...
The Stephens County Commission is starting off the New Year with some new technology. Some of the county commissioners are now using iPads to read through their agenda packets and follow along during the meeting. Commissioners used them at last Tuesday’s meeting. Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers said that the iPads and a move...
North Georgia Technical College will play host to nearly 300 high school SkillsUSA contestants from across northeast Georgia later this month. On January 24, 2013, North Georgia Technical College’s Clarkesville Campus will host the Region 2 SkillsUSA competition. SkillsUSA Region 2 includes counties from Union to Greene and from Forsyth to Hart. In all,...
Toccoa City Commissioners also took care of a number of regular appointments during Monday’s meeting. First, the commission ratified the election of David Austin as Mayor in 2013 and Andy Pavliscsak as Vice-Mayor in 2013, keeping things the same from the last 12 months. Commissioners had first voted to do this at their last...
