Author: Ethan Jordan

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 93 cases of COVID-19 in Toccoa-Stephens County. Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 387 positive cases of the virus and 16 fatalities due to complications from the virus. Locally, at Stephens County Hospital, staff have tested 689 individuals for the virus. Of those, […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners will meet this morning for its regular scheduled meeting and work session. The meeting will be conducted through teleconference. Anyone wishing to attend the meeting by teleconference can call in at 425-436-6345; after calling in, you’ll be asked to input an access code, that code is 585174. Up for consideration is a motion authorizing […]

The Stephens County Sheriff Office continues its search for a runaway teen. As of Monday, May 11, the Sheriff’s Office has yet to locate the juvenile. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, a report was filed on Monday, May 4, alerting deputies that the juvenile had run away from her residence on Bend N. Hickory Road. Missingkids.org posted a […]

The Toccoa City Commission received an update on the city’s plan to begin reopening its facilities during its meeting Monday. According to City Manager Billy Morse, the city has been working to create a plan to reopen City Hall, the Police Department, the Lake Toccoa Facilities and the Doyle Street Pool. However, Morse says the city will not open all […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health continues to report 91 cases of COVID-19 in Toccoa-Stephens County. Stephens County hasn’t experienced an increase in cases since Thursday, May 7. Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 386 positive cases of the virus and 16 fatalities due to complications from the virus. Locally, at Stephens […]

Stephens County Hospital continues to offer drive-up COVID-19 testing for patients with a doctor’s order. According to Stephens County Hospital Vice President of Physician Practices Van Loskoski, the drive-up testing site is open today from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. He says the testing site will continue to operate Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, each week from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 […]

The Toccoa City Commission will meet by teleconference today at 5:00 p.m. for its regular scheduled meeting. To attend the meeting by teleconference call 706-898-5160, after calling in you’ll be prompted to input a code, that number is 790453. Up for consideration is a discussion on measures to secure and reopen city facilities. According to City Manager Billy Morse, the […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 91 cases of COVID-19 in Toccoa-Stephens County. As of 12 p.m. this afternoon, May 8, the Department of Public Health updated its website to reflect the most current numbers. Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 384 positive cases of the virus and 15 […]

A Stephens County High School Senior and future University of Georgia student has partnered with a new organization to help feed Stephens County’s healthcare workers. Jacob Struble recently started working with Feed the Frontlines Georgia, a nonprofit organization that raises money to help Georgia’s restaurants and healthcare workers during the COVID-19 crisis. Struble says Feed the Frontlines Georgia has raised […]