Four Stephens County High School band members will head to the University of Georgia this summer through an annual scholarship. The Steve Stovall Music Scholarship Foundation awarded Caitlyn Holmer and Haven Beavers scholarships to attend the UGA Music Workshop this summer at Thursday’s annual Stephens County High School Symphonic Band Concert, held at the...
Planning continues for this year’s Memorial Day observance in Stephens County. This year’s Memorial Day observance will take place Monday at 11 a.m. on the lawn of the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. American Legion Post 104, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4346, Marine Corps Detachment 1303, and AMVETS Post 600 will...
A Martin resident is reporting a burglary to the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office. According to a report on file, a deputy responded to Avalon Road on Wednesday in reference to a reported burglary. The resident told the Sheriff’s Office that sometime last Wednesday afternoon; a firearm and some miscellaneous jewelry were taken from the...
Toccoa City Commissioners are expected to take a final vote on the city’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget at their meeting today (May 20). Commissioners held a first reading of the Fiscal Year 2014 budget at their last meeting on May 6. The proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget presented two weeks ago totals just over...
The fight against cancer comes to downtown Toccoa. The 20th annual Stephens County Relay for Life took place Friday night in downtown Toccoa. This was the first time the Relay had made its home in downtown, moving from its previous location at Stephens County High School. American Cancer Society Stephens County Community Manager Tracey...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The search goes on today for an escaped prisoner in Franklin County. Late Friday morning, 20-year-old Keibron Brock managed to climb over the wall and razor wire of the Franklin County Detention Center in Carnesville and disappear. Franklin County authorities, along with canine units from the Department of Natural Resources and other...
