Author: Charlie Bauder

On its Facebook page, the Toccoa Police Department says it has recovered a push mower believed to have been stolen on or around May 28, 2015. Police say that if anyone is missing this mower or knows who is missing it and can identify it, please contact Sgt. Jimmy Mize at the Toccoa Police Department. His phone number is 706-282-3277. […]

By WRBN Radio, Clayton Federal agents arrest a Rabun County man on child pornography charges after an international investigation that took place over the course of nearly one year. According to court documents, authorities in New Zealand began investigating 35 year old Christopher Welcher, a Rabun County resident, in connection to child pornography back in July of 2014. The authorities […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia It was another low turnout Tuesday at a public hearing in Franklin County prior to the county commission passing its Fiscal Year 2016 budget. Only two citizens showed up to the Franklin County Justice Center in Carnesville Tuesday to comment on Franklin County’s plan to increase next year’s budget and raise property taxes. Franklin […]

Stephens County Commissioners set the county government’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget. On Tuesday, the county commission voted 4 to 1 to approve the budget for the fiscal year that starts on July 1. That budget totals about $21.62 million overall. About $12.97 million of that is in the general fund budget, which is about $70,000 more than what was budgeted […]

A number of Stephens County churches are coming together this week in a show of support for Charleston, South Carolina and Emanuel A.M.E. Church. A inter-denominational community church service will take place in Toccoa on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church on Tugalo Street. St. Matthias Episcopal Church Rector the Very Rev. Mary Demmler said that […]

Stephens County authorities apprehend a man wanted in South Carolina on a charge of attempted murder. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, authorities were told to be on the lookout for a vehicle entering Georgia by way of U.S. Highway 123 from South Carolina late in the evening of June 19. Shirley said the driver, 43-year-old Scott T. Conquest […]

The Stephens County School System is allowing a company to examine whether or not the school system could upgrade some of its equipment and pay for it with the money saved through lower energy costs. Last week, the Stephens County Board of Education voted unanimously to sign a letter of intent with a company called ABM. Stephens County School Superintendent […]

While Georgia is legalizing the sale of consumer fireworks starting in just a few days, the U.S. Forest Service says the law does not change on federal land. The Forest Service said that with the Fourth of July holiday approaching, it is reminding residents, visitors, and campers that all types of fireworks are prohibited in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest and […]

The Stephens County Board of Education plans to leave the millage rate at 20 mills for a second year. At a special called meeting on Monday, all board members present voted unanimously to set the tentative millage rate for this year at 20 mills. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey said that the 20 mill tax rate will result in […]

The Stephens County Commission is expected to finalize its Fiscal Year 2016 budget later today at its regularly scheduled meeting. County commissioners will meet at 5:30 p.m. today in the second-floor courtroom of the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. During the meeting, county commissioners are expected to consider a motion to adopt the Fiscal Year 2016 budget. The […]