Author: MJ Kneiser

The City of Toccoa has a new mayor. At their last regular meeting of 2018, Commissioners elected Gail Fry to serve as the Mayor for the calendar year 2019. Commissioner Terry Carter will serve as Vice Mayor next year. After accepting the Mayoral position, Fry performed her first official duty by presenting current Mayor David Austin with a plaque. “We […]

City Commissioners will meet in a called session Friday morning to consider a revised variance request from Fairway Advertising for billboard on the 17Bypass. Last month, City Commissioners rejected a variance request to erect a 672 square foot sign for Mike Jones Ford saying the proposed sign was too large and violated the City’s sign ordinance. Like the original proposal, […]

The recount in the House District 28 Special Primary is over and all three counties reported no change from the December 4th results. That means Republican businessman Chris Erwin is still the certified winner by just two votes. On December 4th Erwin beat out Republican Incumbent Representative Dan Gasaway by a vote of 3,516 to Gasaway’s 3,513 in the court-ordered […]

If you are one of thousands of Georgians hitting the road to be with loved ones for Christmas, it might be a little cheaper to get to there this year. Triple-A says gas prices are expected to remain low and may even drop further in time for your trip. On Monday, Triple A released its holiday gas price predictions for […]

State Representative Dan Gasaway is not giving up his seat in the State House yet, even though the Secretary of State certified the December 4th Special Primary last Friday, which indicated he lost by two votes. On Monday afternoon, Gasaway asked for a recount of the votes in all three counties of House District 28. “We decided to go ahead […]

You may have been rattled out of a sound sleep this morning when an earthquake rumbled through our area. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit about 4:14 this morning with the epicenter just north of Chattanooga in Decatur, Tennessee. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an aftershock about 13 minutes later that registered a 3.3 magnitude. […]

Georgia is experiencing increased levels of influenza (flu) illnesses, according to health experts. And on Tuesday, experts at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center and St. Mary’s Health Care System issued an urgent plea for area residents to take precautions to protect themselves and their families from the flu this season. Dr. Robert Sinyard, M.D., chief medical officer at Piedmont Athens […]

The City of Toccoa will begin work next year on resurfacing a number of roads. In their regular meeting Monday, City Commissioners approved a recommendation from City Manager Billy Morse to submit a list of eight city streets to the Georgia Department of Transportation to be resurfaced in 2019 using Local Maintenance Improvement Grant funds. Toccoa is slated to receive […]

The Holidays are upon us and the Better Business Bureau is warning of several scams, one involving puppies. Every year, crooks and scammers try to take advantage of the holiday season by finding new ways to cheat you out of your money and your gifts. This year, Better Business Bureau spokesperson Dottie Calina says beware of people selling pedigree puppies […]