Author: Ethan Jordan

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR To ease Thanksgiving traffic congestion statewide, the Georgia Department of Transportation will suspend construction-related lane closures on heavily traveled interstate highways and state routes from 6 a.m. Wed., Nov. 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, Nov. 30. The statewide lane restrictions help to reduce traffic congestion during the Thanksgiving holiday. However, since March of this year, and […]

Toccoa City Hall will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving. Routes for garbage and recycling scheduled to be picked up on Thursday, November 26th  will be picked up on November 30th and routes for garbage and recycling scheduled to be picked up on Friday, November 27th will be picked up on Tuesday, December 1st. Commercial garbage will be picked up […]

State Troopers have identified the man fatally injured in a motorcycle accident Monday morning in Stephens County. According to Troopers with the Georgia State Patrol, John Anthony Horvath, 31, of Eastanollee, was fatally injured after running into a mailbox on Ridgeland Road. The impact of the collision threw him off the bike and he landed on the side of the […]

Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley announces recent arrest of two people for trafficking methamphetamine. According to Shirley, on November 19, at around 12:30 p.m. deputies with the Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Pond Street for an equipment violation. Both the driver and the passenger were individuals that were known to the deputies to have a […]

Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober has released some key dates for voters in Stephens County. She says Advance Voting will begin on December 14, and run Monday through Friday, through December 23 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. On December 24th and 25th, the Registrar’s Office will be closed for the Christmas Holiday. Gober says early voting will pick back […]

Today is the last day to sign up to receive a meal on Thanksgiving Day through the Salvation Army of Toccoa and the Love Him Love Them Ministry. That’s according to Social Worker Brenda Gragg, with the Salvation Army of Toccoa. She says the partnership between the Salvation Army and the Lavonia-based social service organization Love Him Love Them ministry […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR The push is still on for volunteers to help pack Thanksgiving dinner plates for those who need them as well as packaging supplies and food for a hospital in Haiti. The ministry, Love Him Love Them is holding a volunteer orientation meeting this evening at 6p at the Boyd Outz Center in Lavonia. Ministry founder Linda […]

The latest Covid-19 report from the Stephens County School System shows a rise in positive cases for school staff. The report for the week ending November 20, 2020 is as follows: 9 staff members with a positive Covid-19 test. 3 staff members quarantined at home. 155 students quarantined at home. 4 students with a positive Covid-19 test. 3,929 students currently […]

The Toccoa Fire Department is reporting that several firefighters have tested positive for COVID-19. According to city staff all Toccoa Firefighters have been tested; of those, numerous Firefighters received negative test results, so staffing at Toccoa’s two Fire Stations are manageable. Toccoa Fire Chief Jeff Haslup says “the Toccoa Fire Department has a good and workable plan to ensure the […]

The Toccoa Salvation Army is urging residents, businesses and organizations to participate in its annual Angel Tree Program. According to Toccoa Salvation Army Social Worker Brenda Gragg this year there are over 700 children in Stephens County who without the Angel Tree Program will not open gifts on Christmas Day. She says adopting an Angel is easier now than ever […]