Stephens County receives good news on the Highway 17 project. The Georgia Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that it had officially awarded both phases of the Highway 17 widening project. The two phases of the project, which will create a four-lane divided Highway 17 between the Franklin-Stephens County line and Memorial Drive in Toccoa,...
A multi-agency child abuse investigation in Stephens County leads to three arrests. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, the investigation involved his office, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office. Shirley said the investigation took about three weeks and resulted in arrests last month. “Three individuals in...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Franklin and Hart County State Representative Alan Powell is reacting to Doug Collins’ announcement regarding a new Corps of Engineers’ Reform Caucus. Collins announced this week that he was chairing the new group, which is designed to help come up with ideas to reform the way the Corps...
The Stephens County Indian baseball team sweeps Lanier in Region 8-AAAA play. The Indians beat the Longhorns 4-2 Wednesday at Lanier High School in a region game. Tied at two in the top of the seventh, Logan Bell tripled to bring home Mason Long and Davis McCall with the go-ahead runs. Long had reached...
The Georgia State Patrol continues to investigate an accident last week in Habersham County that resulted in multiple injuries. According to the Toccoa Post of the Georgia State Patrol, the three vehicle accident occurred just after 1:30 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Georgia Highway 365 and Duncan Bridge Road, or Georgia Highway 384....
A trial this week in Stephens County Superior Court ends with a hung jury. Court officials indicate that the trial of Michael Dennis Savard of Toccoa on a charge of aggravated assault ended in a hung jury. Savard faced charges in connection to a March 2012 incident at Rite Aid on Big A Road...
