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The Steve Stovall Music Scholarship Foundation will send several Stephens County High School Band members to Summer Band Camp. The Foundation was established in 1974 in memory of Steve Stovall, who was student conductor of the band. More than $250,000 has been given over the Foundation’s 50 years of existence to support the Stephens County Band Program and its students. […]
Read moreThe Toccoa Stephens County Humane Shelter has been awarded a 2024 Ford Transit Van through a grant from the Atlanta Humane Society. In a press release from the Toccoa/Stephens County Shelter, shelter Director Jeff Roberts stated that the van would be used to “help expand transferring dogs to other shelters and increase the number of off-site adoption events we participate […]
Read moreEarlier this week, Stephens County Indian athlete Javin Gordon committed to the Duke Blue Devils after receiving offers from more than two dozen college programs, including Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Indiana, Northwestern and Wisconsin. According to 247sports.com, “The 5’10”, 200 pound back from Stephens County High School in Northeast GA received a scholarship offer from the Blue Devils […]
Read moreThe Toccoa Main Street Program is conducting open video auditions for Ida Cox Opening Acts. The auditions have already begun with entries being accepted via online submission emailed to Special Events Coordinator Misty Richardson at [email protected]. Under entry guidelines, any age singer or musician can submit a 2-3 minute video to [email protected] by June 20th to be considered, along with […]
Read moreThe 2024 Summer Movies Series kicks off tomorrow, June 6, at the Historic Ritz Theatre with Disney’s WISH. Show times are at 10:00am and 7:00pm. The annual Summer Movie Series features family-friendly movies at the Historic Ritz Theatre, located at 139 Doyle Street in downtown Toccoa, every Thursday in June and July. Showtimes are at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., […]
Read moreUPDATE FROM TOCCOA/DOYLE STREET POOL: The pool is closed today, June 5, due to inclement weather, but will operate normal hours tomorrow if weather permits. NOTE FROM THE TOCCOA/DOYLE STREET POOL: Wednesday June 5th swim lesson classes have been cancelled due rain. The makeup day will be Friday June 7th at the same scheduled times.
Read moreWNEG sister station WLHR station manager Daniel Brown has provided an update on two recent high-speed chases on Interstate 85 near the Lavonia exit. In a pair of bond hearings on Friday pertaining to two unrelated high-speed chases on Interstate 85 that occurred within an hour of each other, bond has been denied for one of the accused while the […]
Read moreIn game 5 of the Sandlot Baseball Sectional Tournament, Toccoa took on Martinez Evans at 6 p.m. last night after beating Oconee on Saturday, 18-13. In last night’s match up, Toccoa put in a solid win over Martinez Evans, 10-4, and advanced to the final round. In Game 6 last night, Athens edged out Franklin, 11-7 and will take on […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Board of Education will hold the second of three public hearings regarding the FY2025 budget tonight from 5:30-6:00 p.m. at the District Office, 191 Big A School Road. The third and final public hearing on the budget will take place on Tuesday, June 18, from 5-5:30 p.m., also at the District Office. If there are no recommended […]
Read moreToccoa resident Larry Hart, 73, of Toccoa, has been identified as the passenger in a fatal single-vehicle crash that took place on Friday afternoon, May 31 in Habersham County. According to Habersham County Public Information Officer Rob Moore, units from Habersham County Emergency Services and the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office responded Friday afternoon to a single-vehicle wreck on Ga. 115 […]
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