The Stephens County Land Use Regulation Committee will meet tonight for the first time since county commissioners gave the go-ahead to design a land use regulation plan for commissioners to consider. The committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. Last month, Stephens County Commissioners voted...
A Stephens County trail will receive grant money to help with repairs. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced last week that the U.S. Forest Service’s Frady Branch trail system is getting a $100,000 grant. The Frady Branch Trail System is located in the Lake Russell Wildlife Management Area off of Highway 184 in...
Indian junior left-hander Josh Slate pitched a perfect game Friday night as Stephens County blanked Chestatee 11-0 in five innings at the Reservation in Region 8-AAAA baseball play. Left fielder Austin Lord saved the no-hitter with a spectacular catch in left field in the top of the fifth off of the bat of catcher...
The Stephens County Junior Varsity baseball team picks up another win. The JV Indians beat Clarke Central 14-4 Saturday in five innings at the Reservation. Stephens County’s JV baseball team is now 13-1 on the season. They are back in action on Tuesday at home against Jackson County.
A Toccoa woman is dead after a two-car accident Wednesday evening in Habersham County. Habersham authorities stated that 23-year-old Haley Amber Holmes of Toccoa died in the accident at the intersection of Antioch Church Road and Glade Creek Parkway. The Toccoa post of the Georgia State Patrol reported the accident occurred just after 10...
Local officials are reacting to the state Department of Transportation’s announcement that the Highway 17 widening project is headed towards construction later this year. Wednesday, the Georgia DOT announced that construction would begin this summer on the widening of Highway 17 to a four-lane divided highway between the Franklin-Stephens County line and Memorial Drive...
