Author: Connie Gaines

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners approved a motion to implement a single stream recycling program at all of the county’s convenience sites at their meeting on Tuesday morning. The plan is to hopefully begin by the end of this month collecting recyclables and then transferring all to Athens Recycling. Stephens County Commissioner Dean Scarborough says this new set-up should […]

The new school year in Stephens County begins this Friday. One of the concerns for administrators in the Stephens County School System is traffic congestion on the first day. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey says even though it is the first day of school, parents are urged to start their routine right off the bat. “Obviously that first day, […]

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office has recovered a stolen vehicle taken from Oconee County, South Carolina. Last Thursday, August 6TH, at 10:50 P.M. while on routine patrol, Sheriff’s Deputies observed a Grey 1985 Dodge Truck driving erratically and crossing both centerlines on Highway 123 East toward South Carolina. Deputies attempted to pull over the vehicle. According to reports, the vehicle […]

A Franklin County family farm is one of four finalists in a statewide Georgia Young Farmer Farm Family competition. In March, the Eric and Amy Segars family farm was selected as one of four State Georgia Young Farmer Farm Family finalists and judging for the competition continued this summer. The Segars’ farm was selected as the Franklin County Young Farmers […]

More details are in from the Georgia State Patrol on a head-on crash involving a church bus from Love and Hugs Christian Tabernacle in Conyers and a Lincoln Town Car that left 19 people injured. Troopers say around 8:30 p.m. Thursday night, a Lincoln Town Car was traveling south on West Currahee Street (U.S. Hwy. 123) near the former Smokin’ […]

At last Monday’s Toccoa City Commission meeting representatives of KCI Engineering gave Toccoa City Commissioners a progress update on a prospective sidewalk that would be added from the Rose Lane/Fernside Drive area to Wal-Mart. Toccoa City Commissioners has received a permit from the Georgia Department of Transportation or GDOT for the project. The project is estimated to cost approximately $300,000, […]

The Stephens County Commission praises Amnesty Day. At last Tuesday’s Stephens County Commission meeting, Chairman Dennis Bell and Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers sang the praises of the Stephens County Amnesty Day held in conjunction with Keep Toccoa-Stephens County Beautiful on April 25th. “A lot of people,” Says Ayers; “We started out with 8 employees. We realized early that we […]

Main Street Toccoa installed the 7th of 10 Historic Plaques this past Thursday. The plaque was placed on the building that is currently the office of Mike Van Minos State Farm Insurance on Sage Street. Main Street’s Weslie Clark explains the dedication. “This building has been home to a bowling alley, a furniture store, a taxi company on the adjacent […]

Courtesy of Sister Station WLHR Qualifying for the Lavonia City Council Post 1 seat is over and only two people have come forward to run in that special election race. Qualifying ended at 4:30p Wednesday with Courtney Umbehant and Nora Chambers the only two candidates to throw their hats into the ring. Umbehant and Chambers are running to fill the […]