Author: Ethan Jordan

The Toccoa Police Department is looking for a man who stabbed a Toccoa resident. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, on June 27, Toccoa Police Department officers were dispatched to the Stephens County Hospital, in regard to a stabbing on the night before. Medical staff advised officers that the victim, Tyrian Stallings, 29, of Toccoa was attacked by an […]

The Toccoa Police Department was dispatched to 387 S. Pine Street this past weekend in response to shots being fired. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, officers arrived on scene Friday at 8:42 p.m. and discovered that it was a home invasion. Mize says the male subject had been struck about the head with a gun and was bleeding. […]

According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, Stephens County now has 216 cases of COVID-19. To date, Stephens County has had six deaths due to complications from COVID-19. Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 666 positive cases of the virus and 35 fatalities due to complications from the virus. In other […]

The City of Toccoa will begin the process to resurface nine City Street today. The resurfacing will be done in partnership with Stephens County utilizing their paving crew. According to City Staff, if everything goes as planned, the project will be completed this paving season. In a prepared statement, City Manager Billy Morse says, quote, “The first street to be […]

The Toccoa Police Department recently made multiple drug arrest from the Northeast Georgia Housing Authority Properties. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, throughout the Spring, the Toccoa Police Department’s Narcotics Detective, working with Stephens County Drug Investigators made a sting of arrest for drugs in a response to citizen complaints about residents in the area. Mize says on April […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners have agreed to enter into a buyback agreement with RoadTec for an asphalt paver during its meeting on Tuesday. According to County Administrator Phyllis Ayers the county has three options for the county’s current asphalt paver. “Approximately five years ago, we went into an agreement with a CAT Paver and financed it. At that […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR U.S. Representative Doug Collins says it’s now up to satellite TV companies to move customers in Northeast Georgia to Georgia local TV stations. Collins made the comment at a brief address Tuesday evening to the Hart County Board of Commissioners. He said the issue of the area’s orphan county status for satellite TV customers is over. […]

The Toccoa City Commission recently made several appointments to the Alcohol Beverage Control Board and the Toccoa Planning Commission during its meeting on Monday. According to City Manager Billy Morse, two seats will expire June 30, 2020 on the Alcohol Beverage Control Board. He says one of those members has agreed to serve another term; whereas, the other has decided […]

The Georgia Department of Education and Georgia Public Broadcasting are launching “Getting Ready” guides to help parents of the youngest learners prepare for the upcoming school year. The Getting Ready guides cover physical health and wellness, English/language arts, math, science, and social studies. Working in conjunction with GPB’s Education and specialists in the Georgia Department of Education’s Office of Teaching […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners adopted a continuing budget resolution for the Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budget during its meeting on Tuesday. According to County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, the reason for the resolution to continue using the budget from Fiscal Year 2020 for Fiscal Year 2021 is due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. She says because of COVID-19 the county […]