Author: Ethan Jordan

The Toccoa Police Department recently hosted The Georgia Resiliency Instructor Course. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, the course is taught by instructors from the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council. Officers who completed this class can now teach this program to their agency and other agencies. Mize says the Resiliency program aims to better an officer’s mental, […]

Early voting continues for the General Primary Election today in Toccoa-Stephens County. Early voting is being held at the Stephens County Historic Courthouse, located at 37 West Tugalo Street, in Toccoa. The advance voting period will run Monday through Friday until May 20 from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and on Saturdays May 7th and May14th from 9:00 a.m. […]

The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce’s sponsored Candidate Town Hall gave citizens an opportunity to hear from the candidates who have qualified for the Stephens County Board of Commissioners and the Stephens County Board of Education posts. Dawn Jameson was the moderator for the event. One of the questions Jameson asked the Stephens County Board of Commissioner candidates was what […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners rescinded a motion awarding a sealed bid for a property the county had added to its surplus list. The decision was made during Tuesday’s meeting. County Attorney Brian Ranck explained that originally Aekeyong Song had been awarded the bid for the property located at 244 Cardinal Lane; however, Song had decided to back out […]

Ninth District Opportunity has announced that they have run out of money for its cooling help program. On Monday, it was announced that they will not be able to open the program up to the income eligible households. The program initially provided funding for households where every member is age 65 and older or is medically homebound due to health […]

The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce’s sponsored Candidate Town Hall gave citizens an opportunity to hear from the candidates who have qualified for the Stephens County Board of Commissioners and the Stephens County Board of Education posts. Dawn Jameson was the moderator for the event. One of the questions Jameson asked the Stephens County Board of Commissioner candidates was what […]

The Toccoa City Commission recognized the groups who participated during the community-wide beautification and clean-up month during its meeting last Monday. City Commissioner Gail Fry explained that several groups signed up to clean up the 12 most littered area in Toccoa-Stephens County. Each group received $100 and all of them were entered into a drawing to win an additional $250. […]

The Historic Ritz Theatre will help kick-off Toccoa Train Day with a special Night at the Ritz performance when Bobby Horton presents The Long Steel Rail in America on Friday, May 6, at 7 p.m. According to Historic Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh, Horton is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter who has been featured as the composer for the […]

The monthly meeting of the Board of Elections and Registration for Stephens County will be held today. The meeting will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m. inside the Historic Stephens County Courthouse. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. For questions regarding the meeting, contact Stephens County Election Supervisor Krista Terry by calling 706-886-8954.