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As students returned to campus for the first week of classes, the fall athletes at Toccoa Falls College wrapped up their grueling preseason camps. Men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball each began their regular season competitions within the last several days. The volleyball program opened their 2015 season with a three match sweep of conference foe Trinity Baptist College on August 29. […]
Read moreOnly incumbents qualified for the three open seats on the Toccoa City Commission. Qualifying ended at 4:30 p.m. Friday for the three seats, which are all four-year terms. David Austin qualified to run for re-election to his Post 2 seat, Terry Carter qualified to run for re-election to his Post 1 seat and Gail Fry qualified to run for re-election […]
Read moreA judge’s ruling says that a teen charged with murder in Stephens County is not guilty by reason of insanity. Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Russell Smith issued the order on September 3 as a non-jury verdict. The teen was charged in the death of 46-year-old Kim Lanier on September 29, 2014. Authorities had alleged that the teen shot […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia All three reservoir lakes in the Upper Savannah River basin are now in Drought Level 1 status. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers made that declaration on Monday.Earlier this month, the Corps said it expected to see extremely low lake levels this fall because of the lack of rainfall this summer. “Our entering Drought […]
Read moreThe city of Toccoa and Stephens County are announcing their schedules for the Labor Day holiday today. Both Stephens County government offices and Toccoa City Hall will close today in observance of Labor Day. In the city of Toccoa, routes for garbage and recycling scheduled to be picked up today will be picked up on Tuesday. Commercial garbage will be […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Qualifying is over in Franklin County for municipal races and there will be races. Qualifying for city council seats in Carnesville, Lavonia, Canon, Royston, and Franklin Springs got underway Monday and endedWednesday with the close of business. In Carnesville, two city council seats and the mayor seat are up for grabs. The two seats open are currently […]
Read moreState officials are reporting that seven people have died on Georgia highways so far this Labor Day holiday weekend. The holiday travel period started at 6 p.m. and runs through midnight tonight. Out of those seven fatalities, the Georgia State Patrol has investigated four of those fatalities, while the other three were worked by metro Atlanta law enforcement agencies. Law […]
Read moreStephens County comes up just short in the Granite Bowl. Elbert County scored an early fourth quarter touchdown and made it hold up to edge the Indians 34-30. The Indians had the ball twice in Blue Devil territory late but could not score. Head Coach Frank Barden said he is proud of the way the Indians battled against Elbert County […]
Read moreGolfers are now teeing off at the Links at Lake Toccoa. City officials joined other dignitaries, business leaders, and community members on Thursday to cut the ribbon and re-open the city-owned golf course off of Black Mountain Road that has been closed for around a year. Toccoa Mayor Terry Carter said it was a very exciting day for the city. […]
Read moreRecycling re-starts Saturday at convenience sites in Stephens County. Bins will be back out at the county’s convenience sites for people to drop off their recyclables. Stephens County officials said the system will be single-stream recycling, which means people will not have to separate their recyclable items. Officials also said that there will be signs and information to specify what […]
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