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For the second straight day, the Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting a death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19 bringing the total to 75 with 2,924 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Friday afternoon. In other neighboring counties, Franklin County is still reporting 40 […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting another death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19 bringing the total to 74 with 2,922 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. Franklin County is also reporting another death bringing the total to 40 and still 2,295 positive cases of the virus. The […]
Read moreMrs. Sheila Delores Arflin Silva, age 58 of Maple Road, Toccoa passed away Monday, March 22, 2021 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. A daughter of Mildred Mans Arflin and the late Charles Arflin, she was born October 17, 1962 in Fulton County, Georgia having lived most of her life in Toccoa. She was a line worker with a […]
Read moreLieutenant Colonel Edgar Allen “Al” Jackson , 83 years of age, went to be with the Lord on March 18, 2021. Al, son of the late Edna Allen Jackson and Jack Jackson, was born in Cordelia, Georgia. He went to school in Jackson, Georgia and Saudi Arabia, after graduating from Jackson High. He moved to Atlanta where he attended Georgia […]
Read moreThe Stephens County High School tennis team won all 10 matches vs. Franklin County on Tuesday at the Stephens County Tennis Facility. The Lady Indians got a school record 10th shutout of the season winning 5-0. Madison Rogers, Ali Wilson, and Gabbi Boyd won singles matches, and the teams of Kaylin Snyder and Tenley Boyd, and Erin Terrell and Abby […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Indians and Oconee County Warriors baseball teams thought that they were getting together to play a game last night. Little did they know that they would play in what was equal to two. Stephens County scored 7 runs in the top of the 14th inning and won their first Region-8 game of the year 13-7 on Tuesday […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Indians tennis teams split with Hart County on Monday with the Lady Indians picking up the home wins. The Lady Indians defeated the Lady Bulldogs 4-1 in the first match, a completion from a match that began on February 25th. Madison Rogers, Ali Wilson, and Gabbi Boyd picked up wins in the singles matches, and Erin Terrell […]
Read moreTwo Stephens County High School basketball players will be taking their athletic talents to the college level. Kenny Colwell and Lindsay Moore held signing ceremonies last week at the high school. Kenny will be staying home and going to Toccoa Falls College. He led the Indians in rebounds both his junior and senior seasons, led the team in […]
Read moreA UGA student from Toccoa was killed early Sunday morning in Athens. According to the Athens Banner-Herald. Knox Davison Whiten, 21 of Toccoa, was hit by a vehicle as he walked along the Athens Perimeter. According to the story, Athens-Clarke police said Whiten was walking sometime before 2 A.M. on the outer loop just past Chase Street in the right […]
Read moreMr. Dannie Delaine Bowden, age 60, of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born October 10, 1960 in Toccoa, he was the son of Joyce Smith Bowden and the late Billy Bowden. Delaine was a Christian and was employed with Dean Foods. Family members include his children, Erin Deal and her husband Scott of Concord, NC, […]
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