Author: Ethan Jordan

The Toccoa City Commission will meet this afternoon for its regular scheduled meeting. The meeting will begin promptly at 5:00 p.m. inside the City Commission/Court Room at Toccoa City Hall. Up for consideration is a proclamation recognizing Georgia Cities Week and a resolution authorizing an application for Appalachian Regional Commission Funding for the Ritz Theatre Addition. If approved, the proclamation […]

Toccoa’s Community Development Director Connie Tabor has announced that the developer looking to develop land on Addington Drive has withdrawn its rezoning and variance requests. Blackwhit Partners, LLC, had under contract two parcels containing approximately 14 acres located off of Addington Drive to develop a subdivision with 44 homes called Addington Knoll. In a letter from Blackwhit Partners’ Nat Ackerman, […]

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 later this month. The Town Hall will be held on Monday, April 25, at 6 p.m. inside the Historic Ritz Theatre. […]

Stephens County Government has announced the sole finalist for the Elections Supervisor Position. Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers announced that Krista Terry has been selected as the sole finalist for the position on Wednesday. Terry is a graduate of the University of North Georgia with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Natural Science and Social Science. She’s been working as […]

The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Post-Legislative Lunch today at the Reflections Event Center located at 201 Black Mountain Road. State Senator Bo Hatchett and State Representative Chris Erwin will be discussing some of the issues and legislation passed during the 2022 Legislative Session. Some of the major topics discussed during this legislative session included the budget, […]

The Stephens County Recreation Department’s 38th annual Easter Egg Hunt is coming up this weekend. The hunt will be held on Saturday, April 9, at 11 a.m. at the Rose Lane Ball Fields. Organizers at the Recreation Department say you should arrive by 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Age divisions are 2 and under, 3-4, 5-6, and 7-10. Many prizes will […]

Tickets are still available to see The Mulligan. The Mulligan is the seventh movie to be filmed in Toccoa-Stephens County, and later this month it’ll be premiered at the Historic Ritz Theatre. According to Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President Julie Paysen, The Mulligan premiere is scheduled for Monday, April 18. Paysen says the movie was originally scheduled to be […]

Rolling Stones Tribute Band Street Fighting Band will be at the Historic Ritz Theatre on Friday. According to Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh, Street Fighting Band is the nation’s premier Rolling Stones tribute show, and features Stephen Skipper as the most believable Mick Jagger imaginable. She says this crackerjack ensemble delivers true to the record versions of every famous […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners have decided to move the location for its planned indoor sensory playground. During the recent Stephens County Board of Commissioner meeting, Commissioner Michelle Ivester explained that after tearing the house that housed the Recreation Department offices, the Commission decided the view from the hill was too beautiful for the sensory playground. She says instead […]