Author: Charlie Bauder

The Georgia Department of Public Safety is reporting nine traffic fatalities on Georgia highways so far during the Memorial Day holiday travel weekend. Those fatalities were reported by Georgia State Patrol posts in Calhoun, Cumming, Thomasville, and Albany, where there were two, as well as by authorities in Gordon County, Bibb County, Richmond County, and Houston County. The Memorial Day […]

The Class of 2015 graduates at Stephens County High School. Graduation took place Friday night at the Stephens County High School football stadium in Toccoa. 229 graduates received their diplomas. 97 of those were honor graduates. The Class of 2015 earned more than $1.4 million in scholarship money, not including potential HOPE scholarship money that is available to the class […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Members of Lodge 105 of the Fraternal Order of Police say they were privileged to honor fallen comrade Franklin/Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy Steven LaCruz Thomas last week during National Police Week. Deputy Thomas is the son of Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas. He was killed in May, 2014 on I-85 while in pursuit of […]

With the official kickoff to the summer travel season here, the Georgia Department of Agriculture is conducting a campaign to check Georgia gas pumps for “skimmers,” devices that capture consumers’ credit and debit card information, in an effort to protect consumers’ wallets. The Georgia Department of Agriculture is conducting the skimmer operation in conjunction with the Georgia Association of Convenience […]

Two recent graduating seniors at Franklin County High School are receiving scholarship money from the Franklin Community Players. Recently, Franklin Community Players President Valicia Miller announced that Ally Ridling and Trevor Turner are winners of the FCP 2015 $500 college scholarships. Both recipients are residents of Carnesville. Starting out as a freshman, Ally has filled many roles in the technical […]

The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce honors a long-time broadcaster and civic leader. Thursday, former AM 630 WNEG and WNEG-TV owner Roy Gaines received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Awards Banquet. A World War II Navy veteran, Gaines arrived in Toccoa in 1946 to work for R.G. LeTourneau and WRLC Radio He and […]

Invest in people. That was the message from the keynote speaker at Thursday’s Toccoa-Stephens Count Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center in Toccoa. The speaker was Craig Carter. He works for Chick-Fil-A as the company’s Field Operations Management Consultant. Carter said that Chick-Fil-A works to invest in people, but especially young people. “That we […]

Stephens County High School will send the class of 2015 out into the world tonight. Graduation for the Class of 2015 is set for tonight at 7 p.m. at the Stephens County High School football stadium. According to Stephens County High School Principal Sandy Steele, tickets will be required for entry into graduation at the football stadium tonight. Steele said […]

Government offices are announcing their schedules for the Memorial Day holiday Stephens County government offices will be closed on Monday for the observance of Memorial Day. Also, Toccoa City Hall will be closed in observance of Memorial Day on Monday. In the city of Toccoa, routes for garbage and recycling scheduled to be picked up on Monday will be picked […]

The Georgia Department of Transportation is taking steps to try to help ease traffic this holiday weekend. Starting at noon today and continuing through 5 a.m. on Tuesday, the Georgia DOT is suspending construction-related lane closures on interstates and major state routes. Georgia DOT Spokesperson Teri Pope said that it is the first holiday of the summer travel season and […]