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According to a new Better Business Bureau study, a shift toward online shopping during COVID-19, global supply chain crisis and a resurging economy have all created a recipe for a breakneck holiday shopping season – one where online shopping fraud poses a tremendous risk to consumers. Online purchase scams have skyrocketed during the pandemic, and social media ads play a […]
Read moreBy Mj Kneiser Lavonia Welcome Center Director Barbara Busby says local downtown merchants are participating in a window painting competition. Busby says customers are asked to vote for their favorite storefront Christmas display. And there’s still time for your child to get his letter posted to Santa. Busby says the mailbox is outside of the Lavonia train depot and she said […]
Read moreThe last surviving member of the 506th Infantry unit that was depicted in HBO’s “Band of Brothers” and trained in Toccoa has died. According to an obituary posted by Holloman-Brown Funeral Home and Crematory of Norfolk, Va. Edward D. Shames, age 99, passed away peacefully at home on December 3, 2021. According to the obituary, In August, 1942, Ed was […]
Read moreMr. Michael Vincent Loden, age 57 of Snowy River Place, Clarkesville, GA, passed away, Friday, December 3, 2021 at his residence. A son of Laverne Gulley Loden and the late Gene Kenneth Loden, he was born October 24, 1964, in Stephens County, having lived most of his life in Cobb County and his last years in Habersham County. He was a retired construction worker […]
Read moreIt was a tough weekend for the Stephens County Indians boys and girls basketball teams as they were swept in games at Rabun County and Habersham Central. On Friday, the Stephens County Indians, who missed 19 free throws, but still battled back from down double digits in the 4th quarter to tie the game, came up short falling to Rabun […]
Read moreMr. Thomas Eugene “Gene” Wilbanks, age 79 went to be with the Lord on December 2, 2021. A lifelong resident of Toccoa but more recent resident of Rose Hill, Kansas. Arrangements will be announced later by Acree-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory.
Read moreMr. James Watson Smith, age 85 of Toccoa, passed away Thursday December 2, 2021 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. A son of the late Clarence Watson and Jewel Pearl Allen Smith, he was born September 6, 1936 in Winder, Georgia having lived most of his life in Stephens County. He was a United States Army Veteran having served in the Korean War. […]
Read moreA Stephens County man has been convicted of incest and child molestation. Kevin Wayne Ford, 37, was convicted of incest and child molestation following a two-day trial in the Superior Court of Stephens County this past Wednesday and Thursday. The trial was held before Chan Caudell, Judge of the Mountain Judicial Circuit. The State of Georgia was represented by Chief […]
Read moreMain Street Toccoa’s Christmas Fest is tonight from 6-9 P.M. Christmas Fest will feature food, entertainment with strolling Victorian Carolers, Toccoa Jazz on stage from 6-7, and Tugalo Holler from 7-9, a live nativity with live animals, a Christmas Sage Market featuring 25 vendors, Festival of Trees, carriage rides, Santa’s Express Train, Polar Express, Toccoa on Ice and more. Toccoa […]
Read moreThe Toccoa Christmas Parade is tomorrow and at a new time this year beginning at 10 A.M. The theme this year is “The Magic of Christmas” and the Grand Marshal is Paralympic multi-medalist McKenzie Coan. This year’s event is sponsored by The Professional Women of Toccoa-Stephens County and there are approximately 55 entries scheduled to parade on the familiar route […]
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