Author: Ethan Jordan

The final Holiday traffic count for the Thanksgiving travel period is in. The Georgia Department of Public Safety released earlier this week the total number of traffic crashes across Georgia during the holiday travel period which resulted in 12 traffic deaths. This year, the holiday travel period was 102 hours long, beginning at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22, and […]

During the recent Stephens County Board of Commissioners regular scheduled meeting and work session, the board of commissioners voted and approved moving forward with the occupation tax ordinance; however, the vote was not unanimous with Commissioner Stanley London voting in opposition of the ordinance. The occupation tax rate schedule would take the gross income of a business and create a […]

Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland on Thursday released the name of the man found dead in Lake Hartwell Tuesday afternoon. “The drowning victim found on Nov. 27 has been identified as Alex Dunne, 23, of Athens,” Cleveland said Thursday. A fisherman reported what appeared to be a body floating in the Powerbag area of Lake Hartwell off Old 29 mid-afternoon […]

During the recent Stephens County Board of Commissioners meeting, Tuesday night, the commissioners held a final public hearing for a land rezoning and conditional use request. Both requests were presented before the commission by Chad Singleton, regarding two parcels of land located off of Hwy 145, at Ridgeland Road. Singleton requested that the commission consider rezoning both parcels from agriculture […]

The Hart County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are attempting to identify a body recovered from Lake Hartwell Tuesday afternoon. The body is a relatively young male, but had no ID on him, according to Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland. “Yesterday around three or four o’clock we got a call,” Cleveland told WLHR Radio. “A fisherman had […]

The Toccoa Symphony Orchestra has announced concert dates for the 2017-18 concert season and its annual membership drive. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the symphony which made its debut in the summer of 1977. The concert season will begin on Sunday, Dec. 3, with the Christmas concert. The Toccoa Community Choir will join the orchestra singing holiday favorites, […]

Veterans looking for work will want to mark their calendars for another special job fair coming up next week in Cornelia. A number of employers will be recruiting to fill job openings at the Northeast Georgia Veterans Career Expo in Habersham County on December 7. The expo will be co-sponsored by the Georgia Department of Labor and the Veterans of […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners will meet today at 5:30 p.m. in the Stephens County Historical Courthouse for both its work session and regular scheduled meeting. The commissioners will be holding a first public hearing for the occupation tax ordinance. The occupation tax ordinance would create a fee schedule that would use the total gross income of a business […]

The Toccoa City Commission voted and approved the consideration of a resolution for the Georgia Department of Economic Development Grant for a Rail Viewing Platform, last night during its regular scheduled meeting. The Economic Development Grant for a rail viewing platform was presented to the commission by City Manager Billy Morse, who reminded the commission of the recent visit by […]