Toccoa City Commissioners agree to pay a bill in connection to the civil suit against Wilbros. Commissioners unanimously approved a motion following an executive session at the start of Monday’s meeting. The amount approved to be paid to Stack and Associates was $12,687.64. Stack and Associates is the firm representing the city and others...
The Georgia State Patrol is continuing to investigate an accident last week on Highway 17 in Stephens County. The accident occurred just after 6 p.m. Thursday around the intersection of Highway 17 and Clary Connector/North Avenue. According to the Toccoa post of the Georgia State Patrol, the accident involved two vehicles. Unconfirmed reports indicated...
The Stephens County Lady Indians are into the state AAAA girls’ basketball playoffs. Stephens County defeated Lumpkin County Monday 38-32 in the quarterfinals of the Region 8-AAAA girls’ basketball tournament at Johnson High School. With the win, the Lady Indians moved into the region semi-finals and clinched the state tourney berth. After jumping out...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Remains found in an abandoned well off Casey Road in Canon have been positively identified as that of a missing Canon woman. Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas said that the GBI Crime Lab in Decatur called his office Monday afternoon to say they had made a positive identification....
Stephens County Commissioners will meet this morning for a regularly scheduled meeting. The county commission will hold its first monthly meeting for February today at 8:30 a.m. in the second-floor courtroom of the historic courthouse in downtown Toccoa. Last month, county commissioners voted to change their meeting times for 2013. Starting this month, Stephens...
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The Lavonia Police Department is receiving a $10,000 grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle said he was informed of the award last week. “We received that grant because of all of our participation in the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety initiatives,”...
