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Tickets are still available to see The Mulligan at the Historic Ritz Theatre. The Mulligan is the seventh movie to be filmed in Toccoa-Stephens County and in April, 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. The movie was originally scheduled […]
Read moreBoth the Stephens County High School girls and boys tennis teams won home region matches Monday night against Hart County. The Indian boys won 4 to 1. Griffin Wilkinson, Dawson Childs, and Rusty Spencer won in singles, and Clayton Bishop and Levi Spencer won in doubles. The Lady Indians shut-out Hart County, 5 to 0. Makiya Hutto, Kathryn Stroud, and […]
Read moreRabun County senior right hander Grayson Carver gave up just two hits in five innings Monday night as the Wildcats blanked the Stephens County Indians 11-0. Carver struck out eight, including five in a row at the end of the game. The win was the first of the year for Rabun County while the loss snapped a two-game winning streak […]
Read moreDr. Constance Franklin will officially start today as Stephens County School Superintendent. Franklin was hired in January to fill the position left vacant by former Stephens County School Superintendent Dr. Daniel Oldham who was reassigned from his duties as Superintendent in August, 2021 after the Board of Education announced its plan to go in a different direction. The Board of […]
Read moreThe Toccoa City Commission met Monday for its regular scheduled meeting; during which, the Commission signed a proclamation designating February as Black History Month in the City of Toccoa. The Proclamation was requested during a recent Toccoa City Commission meeting by citizen Marie Cochran. “I shared an email with all of the City Commissioners—I don’t know if you check your […]
Read moreLaw enforcement officials have arrested 5 people for drug and gang charges after a three-month joint investigation. On Thursday February 24, 2022, police executed search warrants in Toccoa, GA at 104 Hughes Street, 299 Emily Street, and 180 Whisenant Street. The following people were arrested and charged: Dometrious Sanchez Smith, age 32 – two counts of trafficking cocaine, two counts […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday during its regular scheduled meeting; during which, the Commission presented its award for Employee of the Month. The award is part of a new initiative started by Chairman James Addison. Addison presented the award to County Clerk Beth Rider. Each month during the Stephens County Board of Commissioners second regular scheduled […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Indians baseball team won its first two games of the season with convincing wins Friday and Saturday. Friday night, the Indians batted around in the fourth inning ,scored five runs and led the rest of the way for a 10-7 win over the Habersham Central Raiders. Ben Stowe and Patrick Murray led the Indians with three RBI’s […]
Read moreThe Toccoa City Commission will meet this evening for its regular scheduled meeting in the City Commission/Court Room at Toccoa City Hall. The meeting will begin promptly at 5:00 p.m. Up for consideration is a public hearing and initial zoning request for annexation from Dennis Smith for the property located at 198 Rose Lane, a consideration of resolution for South […]
Read moreThe Stephens County High School boys and girls tennis teams both won against Rabun County Thursday evening. The boys won by a score of 3-2. Griffin Wilkinson and Dawson Childs won single matches; the team of Walker Terrell and Rusty Spencer won in doubles. The Lady Indians won over Rabun County, 4 to 1. Mikiya Hutto, Kathryn Stroud won in […]
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