Author: Ethan Jordan

During the recent Stephens County Board of Commissioners meeting, Chairman James Addison named the county’s Employee of the Month. County Administrator Phyllis Ayers listed the many reasons Mitty Higginbotham was selected as the Employee of the Month while Addison presented him with a certificate. The award is part of a new initiative started by Chairman James Addison. Each month during […]

The DPH is shutting down several COVID-19 Testing Sites throughout District 2. The testing site at Stephens County Hospital is one that will no longer operate after Friday. According to a press release issued this week, District 2 Public Health has announced that they along with Mako Labs and LTS are making changes to COVID-19 testing site operations; however, the […]

Firefighters from the Toccoa Fire Department and Carnes Creek Fire Department responded to a gas fire last week. According to Toccoa Assistant Fire Chief Frankie Deitz, last month firefighters attended a training for fighting flammable gas fires and on Thursday, they used that training to extinguish a fire. He says on Thursday, April 14, just after 7 p.m. a vehicle […]

Changes could be coming to the Stephens County Land Use Ordinances. During the recent Stephens County Board of Commissioners’ meeting, County Administrator Phyllis Ayers explained that at the next meeting she would be presenting some of the changes that are being proposed. She explained that they have been working to adjust some of the ordinances. The text amendments will be […]

As a reminder, the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce’s Town Hall Meeting for residents to hear from the candidates who qualified for the Stephens County Board of Commissioners and the Stephens County Board of Education will be coming up next week. The Town Hall will be held on Monday, April 25, at 6 p.m. inside the Historic Ritz Theatre. According […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is transitioning from daily to weekly COVID-19 data reporting. Case counts and vaccination updates will be published on the DPH website every Wednesday beginning April 20. Weekly intervals provide a more complete picture than day-to-day changes or data fluctuations when determining areas of concern or COVID’s trajectory in the state. Given the number […]

Just a brief announcement from Stephens County Clerk of Court Tim Quick, all jurors who received summons to appear for jury duty today, April 18, do not need to report. All cases have been settled for the week. Again, if you received a summons to appear for jury duty for today, April 18, you do not need report. All cases […]

Stephens County’s Election Office has released some important dates regarding the upcoming General Primary Election. According to Interim Elections Supervisor Nora Waters the General Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, May 24. She says the deadline to register to vote and be eligible to vote in the May 24th election is close of business on April 25. The May […]

Tonight, is the premiere of The Mulligan in Stephens County and across the country. The Mulligan is the seventh movie to be filmed in Toccoa-Stephens County and tonight, it’ll be premiered at the Historic Ritz Theatre. According to Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President Julie Paysen, this week there will be several screenings of the movie at the Ritz. Paysen […]