The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
The Franklin County Lions are off to a 3-0 Region 8-AAA start after sweeping the Stephens County Indians in a double-header Friday night, by scores of 9-2 and 11-1 in 6 innings. Franklin County had defeated the Indians 5-3 in a game played earlier in the week. In the first game ,the Lions led the Indians 2-1 going into the […]
Read moreThe Stephens County High School tennis teams picked up region victories Thursday afternoon by winning 9 out of 10 matches at East Jackson. The Indian boys won by a match score of 4-1. Winning singles matches were Griffin Wilkinson and Kenny Colwell. Winning doubles matches were Kegan Mealor & Kyle Watson and Levi Spencer & Clayton Bishop. The Lady Indians got their 9th shutout […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Lady Indians Basketball team finished the season as the #7 team in Georgia in Class AAA, according to the final AJC.com Poll. State Champion, Cross Creek, was #1, state runner-up, Greater Atlanta Christian, was #2. Semi-finalists Upson-Lee and Lumpkin County were 3 and 4. Stephens County lost to Upson-Lee on the road in the quarterfinals, ending a great season […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting 72 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 2,904 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Thursday afternoon with very little change in the area numbers with 8 new positive cases in the area and one additional death. The latest report […]
Read moreMr. Donald Lee Milligan, age 70 of Seven Forks Road, Martin, Georgia passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021 in Lexington, Georgia from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A son of the late David Ralph Milligan and Nealy Viola Massey Milligan, he was born June 20, 1950 in Atlanta, Georgia having lived in Lula, Georgia before moving to Martin, […]
Read moreMr. Anthony “Tony” Bruce Parker, age 63 of Henry Jordan Road, Eastanollee passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at his residence. A son of the late James Manton Parker and Jeanette Cash Parker, he was born January 15, 1958 in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived most of his life. He was employed with Coats and Clark for a […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting 72 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 2,902 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Wednesday afternoon with very little change in the area numbers with 11 new positive cases in the area and no additional deaths. The latest report […]
Read moreThe following is a statement from the Habersham County School System: “We expect that everyone is aware that our area may receive very severe storms and possible tornadoes in the early morning hours tomorrow. The National Weather Service has informed us that the timing of the worst storms for Habersham County is 7:00am to 9:00am. This, of course, is the […]
Read moreMr. Edward Harold Simpson, age 52 of Sunset Lane, Toccoa passed away Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at his residence. A son of the late Frank and Christine Reed Simpson, he was born December 9, 1968 in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived all his life. He was employed as a greeter with Wal-Mart for a number of years. He […]
Read moreMr. Roy Terry Lawson, age 74, of Toccoa, passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Stephens County Hospital. Born March 3, 1947 in Toccoa, he was the son of the late Roy Clyde and Pauline Kirby Lawson. He was a member of the Toccoa Pentecostal Holiness Church and was retired welder having worked with Dempster and Patterson Pump. Terry loved being […]
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