Author: Charlie Bauder

Work is underway on miles of street re-surfacing in Stephens County. County Administrator Phyllis Ayers updated Stephens County Commissioners on the status of road work at Tuesday’s county commission meeting. “While we were sleeping Sunday night and Monday night, Sorrells Road and Memorial Drive were paved, although they are not completely done,” said Ayers. She said crews had a number […]

A drug investigation in Habersham County leads to two arrests. According to a press release from the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, their office, the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, and the Baldwin Police Department executed a search warrant at an apartment in Baldwin on Monday. This search was part of a month long investigation that began after agents received several […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Royston woman is dead after trying to cross the Hudson River over the weekend. It happened late Friday evening, according to Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas. “Rescuers and first responders were dispatched along with the Sandy Cross and Bold Springs fire departments at 11p Friday to a Hudson Terrace Road address in the […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Franklin County Environmental Health Director Louis Korff is asking for the public’s help to locate a pit bull or pit mix dog that attacked a man over the weekend. Korff said it happened Sunday at a home in Franklin Springs. “Sunday afternoon, a gentleman in Franklin Springs was mowing his lawn and a gray […]

North Georgia Technical College said it is now partnering with the Georgia Driver’s Education Commission to offer a free Driver’s Education Course. The state-approved Joshua’s Law Course meets the new requirements for anyone under the age of 18 seeking to obtain a driver’s license. According to North Georgia Technical College, most insurance companies also give a discount of up to […]

Stephens County Commissioner Debbie Whitlock was cited by Toccoa Police Tuesday morning for Misdemeanor Obstruction Of an Officer after an alleged incident at her Toccoa residence Tuesday. Whitlock was booked and released on her own recognizance, according to the Toccoa Police Department. Toccoa Police said they responded to a reported motor vehicle accident Tuesday morning at Whitlock’s residence. Police said […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Toccoa man is free on bond, awaiting sentencing in Franklin County after being convicted last week of child molestation and other crimes. Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Parks White said 50-year old Bobby Todd Jordan was found guilty Friday in Franklin County Superior Court in Carnesville. Assistant District Attorney Jeffery Fogus argued the case for […]

Stephens County is seeking grant funding through a federal disaster declaration to purchase some equipment. On Tuesday, the county commission unanimously approved moving forward with a hazard mitigation grant application. Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers said the county is eligible for the grant because it was included in a federal disaster declaration issued back in April for the snow and […]

Services are set for this weekend for the director of Stephens County Neighbors 4 Neighbors after she passed away last week. A Celebration of Life service for Pat Standard will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Matthias Episcopal Church in Toccoa. Standard, who lived in Clayton, was 71 years old. She was pronounced dead at the scene of […]

Toccoa Police are still investigating a one-car accident this past weekend near Stephens County Hospital. It happened on Falls Road, or State Route 17 Alternate, near Hansen Road, on Saturday at just after 8:30 a.m. According to the report on file with the Toccoa Police Department, a 2001 Ford Escape driven by 28-year-old Nicole Ashley Russell of Toccoa was traveling […]