Both Stephens County High School tennis teams will head on the road for next week’s state AAAA tennis tournament. Both teams lost Thursday in Region 8-AAAA semi-final action. The Lady Indians lost to Madison County 3-1, while the Indian boys lost to Lanier 3-0. The Lady Indians then lost to Chestatee in the third...
The Stephens County Junior Varsity baseball team wraps up its regular season. Thursday, the JV Indians defeated Cedar Shoals 11-1 in five innings. The JV Indian baseball team finishes the regular season with a record of 15-1. On Saturday, Stephens County Junior Varsity baseball will play for a region championship in a four-team tournament...
By Craig Salmon, WRBN Radio, Clayton Seven people are charged in connection to the alleged abuse of a disabled person in Rabun County earlier this month. The Rabun County Sheriff’s Office announced the charges Wednesday in the case of the alleged abuse of 22-year-old Ashley Hamilton. The announcement follows the execution of a search...
9th District U.S. Representative Doug Collins is now the Vice-Chair on the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa. The House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman and Subcommittee Chairman appointed Collins to that position earlier this week. They highlighted his military commitment and time deployed in Iraq as a member of the...
A car chase in Toccoa earlier this week ends with an apparent self-inflicted stab wound. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said it started Tuesday just before 5 p.m. when Officer Erik Carter performed a traffic stop on Hill Street on a vehicle that failed to stop at a stop sign. “When the vehicle stopped,...
A Stephens County grand jury has indicted three individuals arrested earlier this month in connection with a multi-county child abuse investigation. This week, true bills of indictment were issued against 36-year-old Willie Grady Newkirk III of Toccoa, 38-year-old Casey Jonathan Norris of Toccoa, and 31-year-old Jessica Joy Sparks of Toccoa on multiple charges. Charges...
