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The Stephens County Indians are on to the second round of the state AAAA football playoffs. In Friday’s first round, Stephens County rolled up over 500 yards of total offense on its way to a 42-14 win over Pickens on the road in Jasper. Indians’ Head Coach Frank Barden said they are happy to still be playing this coming week. […]
Read moreAn annual Thanksgiving holiday tradition takes place again this week in Stephens County. It is the annual Sandra Harbin Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner and Wendell Sherman Memorial Gospel Concert. The men of Friendship Baptist Church organize the events each year. They are coming up on Sunday at the Toccoa-Stephens County Boys and Girls Club on Whitman Street in Toccoa. One of the […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia New Lavonia Fire Chief Scott O’Barr said things are running smoothly at the Lavonia Fire Department. At the regular Lavonia City Council meeting recently, O’Barr gave the council and Mayor Ralph Owens an end of year report on the department’s status. The Lavonia Fire Department’s fiscal year runs from November 1st to October 31st. […]
Read moreWith the holidays approaching, the Better Business Bureau is urging people to be on the lookout for fake package notices. The BBB said it is a common tactic for phishing scammers to send emails claiming to be an alert about an undelivered package. Also, in a slightly different variation of this scam, an e-mail may allege to provide order details […]
Read moreA teacher at the center of a cat castration controversy at Stephens County High School can return to the classroom Friday. Thursday, the Stephens County Board of Education voted 6 to 1 to suspend teacher Daniel Hebert retroactive to November 7. That means his suspension ended Friday (Nov. 14). Last week, Hebert castrated two cats in an Animal Science class […]
Read moreLocal leaders hear from Georgia’s Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner at an annual banquet. Ralph Hudgens was the guest speaker at Thursday’s annual Toccoa-Stephens County Farm City Week Banquet at the Currahee Campus of North Georgia Technical College. Stephens County Farm Bureau organizes the banquet each year. Hudgens talked about his long love of and involvement in the agriculture industry […]
Read moreThe second season starts tonight for the Stephens County Indian football team. Stephens County heads on the road this evening to face Pickens in the first round of the AAAA football playoffs. The Indians are the third seed in Region 8-AAAA, finishing with a 7-3 overall record. Meanwhile, Pickens is 8-2 on the year and is the second seed out […]
Read moreHabersham Central High School is on the lookout for a new head football coach, according to media reports. Accessnorthga.com is reporting that Michael Pollock resigned Thursday from the head football coaching position of the Raiders. Habersham Central went 1-9 this past season. Pollock was in his second year coaching the Habersham Central football team. In those two years, Pollock was […]
Read moreTwo people face charges after an incident at a Toccoa residence last week. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said that authorities arrested both 19-year-old Tefrem Demond Thornton of Toccoa and 17-year-old Jarrad Scot McCraw of Toccoa last week. Jarrell said everything stems from an incident at a home on Julia Lane at about 6:30 p.m. last Thursday evening. “Mr. Thornton […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Just two years after its grand opening, Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center in Lavonia is in a financial crisis so severe they cannot make their next bond payment, which is due December 1st. It now falls to the County to make those payments. In a joint press release issued Tuesday, officials with Ty Cobb […]
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