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The Stephens County Registrar’s Office has completed its audit and recount of the November 3rd General Election. According to Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober, her staff completed the audit and recount at 3 p.m. on Monday. She says both processes went smoothly with only minor errors that were easily corrected. “No, we didn’t have any issues regarding our audit and […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Board of Commissioners approved a motion authorizing Chairman Dennis Bell to sign a letter of support for EMA/911 Director Danielle Rhodes be appointed as GEMA Area 1 Vice-Chairperson for the Emergency Management Agency of Georgia. During the recent commission meeting, County Administrator Phyllis Ayers explained that Rhodes had been appointed to the seat. Bell said he’s proud […]
Read moreA Madison County man has been charged in Athens-Clarke County with Computer or Electronic Pornography and Child Exploitation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit. According to GBI investigators on Tuesday, November 11, 2020, 42-year old Richard Nathanial Wood, was arrested in Madison County after information was received by the Federal Bureau of Investigation […]
Read moreA recent complaint leads the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office to the discovery of Methamphetamine and Heroin trafficking in Toccoa. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, on November 12, ARDEO arrested Christy Boucher, 28, of Demorest and Willie Gibson, 45, of Toccoa on drug charges. Boucher has been charged with trafficking heroin and trafficking methamphetamine. Gibson has been charged […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 1,372 positive cases of Covid-19 and 46 deaths in Stephens County since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Sunday afternoon. The latest report still has Habersham County with 76 deaths, and now 2,018 total positive cases of the virus. In other neighboring counties, […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR The Salvation Army is now asking for individuals, and families to help a needy child at Christmas by participating in their annual Christmas Angel Tree program. And this year, because of the pandemic, Toccoa Center Service Director Rebecca Dixon says it’s being done virtually. “We are actually doing this online mainly,” she said. “We still have […]
Read moreIn observance of Veterans Day, on Wednesday, a service was held in the Pavilion at Camp Toccoa at Currahee. Presented by the American Legion Post 104, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4346, the United States Marine Corps League Currahee Mountain Detachment 1303, and the American Veterans Post 600, several veterans, family members and friends gathered during the ceremony. During […]
Read moreNo football tonight for the Stephens County Indians. Earlier in the week, the Indians road game at Oconee County scheduled for tonight was called off due to one active positive COVID case on the coaching staff and one active positive case on the football team, along with several team members that were quarantined. That makes the second consecutive week a […]
Read moreThe Region 8-AAA All-Region Softball Team has been announced. Stephens County’s Laney McGee and Franklin County’s Sarah York were named Co-Players of the year. McGee is a junior who hit .503 for the season. Lady Indian Seniors Jasmine Lowery and Allie Huff made first-team all-region and seniors Brenna McCall and Samara Walker were named to the second team. Last night […]
Read moreThe Toccoa City Commission approved several budget amendments during its meeting on Monday. According to City Manager Billy Morse, the amendments were made to the Fiscal Year 2020 budget. He says the amendments were in part due to the Georgia Department of Audits requirement that the City stay within the adopted budget at the department level and in all governmental […]
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