Author: Ethan Jordan

Toys for Tots will hold another distribution day this week in Stephens County. That’s according to local Toys for Tots Coordinator Don Alexander. He says parents who have requested toys for their children can pick them up on Wednesday, October 30, at the Toys for Tots warehouse. Distribution begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 1 p.m. The Toys for […]

Tickets for the Historic Ritz Theatre’s planned 80th anniversary celebration are still available. The celebration will be an evening of entertainment and culminates with a screening of The Wizard of Oz, which was released the same year the Ritz Theatre opened its doors back in 1939. According to Friends of the Ritz, Inc. President Keith Kozicki, the 80th anniversary party […]

Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober says the advance voting period is off to a good start. She says since early voting began October 14 there has been a number of residents to cast advanced ballots. Gober says Toccoa residents will cast ballots for the contested Toccoa City Commission post 2 seat. That race is between Incumbent David Austin and Toccoa […]

An annual tradition returns this weekend to downtown Toccoa. The 43rd annual Toccoa Harvest Festival takes place this Saturday and Sunday in downtown Toccoa. Main Street Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said that everything gets started at 10 a.m. Saturday. She says this year, they will have more vendors than in previous years. “We will have 150 vendors, more than we’ve […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners approved a motion authorizing Chairman Dean Scarborough to sign the web development and design contract with Ken-Tech, during its recent meeting on Tuesday. The cost for Ken-Tech to build and host the county’s new website is $9,800. According to Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers the board awarded the bid to Ken-Tech at a former […]

Main Street Toccoa and the United State Department of Agriculture have partnered together to present Home and Business Essentials at the Historic Ritz Theatre. The seminar is slated for Tuesday, October 29 at 4 p.m. and will focus on topics including starting a business, improving a business, getting a business loan, garnering a home loan, and even a discussion of […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR A high-speed chase Monday afternoon ended with the arrest of a New York woman. It happened about 2p Monday afternoon on I-85 north in Franklin County. Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas says the chase started after the driver refused to pull over for a routine traffic stop. “A deputy from the Franklin County Sheriff’s office attempted […]

Stephens County continues its fight for a market modification through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). During the recent Stephens County Board of Commissioners meeting, Chairman Dean Scarborough presented an update on Stephens County’s request to lift its Orphan County Status. In a joint effort, the Chairmen from Stephens, Franklin, Hart, and Elbert counties signed a letter addressed to the FCC […]