Author: Ethan Jordan

The planning commission will be meeting tomorrow evening at 7:00 p.m. in the Stephens County Historical Courthouse Courtroom. The commission will have a discussion regarding a rezoning request from Stephen Wallace at 2347 HWY 145, Eastanollee, which is currently zoned as agriculture intensive. The proposed action is to rezone the property to agriculture general and residential district. A variance request […]

Locals may have noticed the not-so-familiar faces that have flocked to downtown Toccoa over the past weeked; however, don’t fret, this visiting crowd is the production team for the new feature film “Legal Action.” The Chamber of Commerce recently announced that Toccoa-Stephens County will be the home base for another family friendly movie. For the third time, Toccoa-Stephens County has […]

The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce celebrated a ribbon cutting for D & K Drug and Alcohol Services, Thursday. The new business joins the community to help combat the stigma associated with addiction treatment. D & K, located at 211 Mitchell Street, seeks to provide dignified and respectful services to addicted persons throughout Stephens County. National Certified Drug, Alcohol and […]

Rivers Alive Cleanup scheduled for tomorrow. Rivers Alive is Georgia’s annual volunteer waterway cleanup event that targets all waterways in the State including streams, rivers, lakes, beaches, and wetlands. The mission of Rivers Alive is to create awareness of and involvement in the preservation of Georgia’s water resources. The event is held annually each fall and is a program of […]

The Stephens County Hospital Authority met last night to discuss and approve the Fiscal Year 2018 budget. After several weeks of discussion, the authority came to a decision to vote on the new budget. Stan Roberts made the motion which passed unanimously. There will be more information regarding the details of the budget, once released, at a later time.  

Royston Police Chief Donnie Boleman has reported a break in the case and search for a fugitive wanted in connection to a string of phony prescriptions being passed. According to Boleman, three individuals are now in custody and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a fourth suspect. The cases involved four prescriptions passed in Royston on September […]

During the recent County Commission meeting, the commission killed the motion to purchase a bus for the Senior Center. The proposed expenditure would have costed $123,887 with an additional amount of $4,565 for a seven-year warranty plan. Funding had been set aside with the funds gained from the recent sale of the Good Will building; however, the commission decided against […]

Employers from Stephens and surrounding counties now have a better understanding of some of the new programs and initiatives at the Georgia Department of Labor. State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler was in Toccoa Wednesday for the 2017 Employers in the Know conference which took place on the Currahee Campus of North Georgia Technical College. Yesterday’s event is one of a […]