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St. Mary’s Medical Group is welcoming two new surgeons, a husband and wife team, with a host of specialties. Dr. Kathleen Jeffery and Dr. J. Brant Parramore are both highly experienced, board-certified surgeons who are joining the Athens General and Colorectal Surgeons St. Mary’s spokesman Mark Ralston tells WNEG’s sister station WLHR Dr. Jeffery is the hospital system’s first female […]
Read moreFriday’s Covid-19 weekly update from the Stephens County School District for the week ending September 9th: 3 staff members with a positive Covid-19 test. 29 staff members quarantined. 115 students quarantined at home. 3,929 students currently enrolled in-person and virtually. 536 current employees. Again, the numbers represented are current active cases as of September 4, 2020, and are not a […]
Read moreMr. Haskell Alfred Norris, age 79 of Indian Drive, Eastanollee passed away Friday, September 4, 2020 at his residence. A son of the late Claude F. Norris and Nora Lake Gibson Norris, he was born April 20, 1941 in Franklin County, Georgia having lived in Franklin and Stephens Counties all his life. He was employed with Toccoa Casket Company for […]
Read moreMs. Brenda Gail Allen, age 70, of Toccoa, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2020 at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, GA. Born June 18, 1950, in Pinehurst, N.C., she was the daughter of the late A. C. and Mearl Cassady Allen. She was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy in Robbins North Carolina and was […]
Read moreCaptain Stanley Curtis Elrod, age 49, of Danielsville, GA, formerly of Toccoa, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2020. Born December 1, 1970, he was the son of Julian Perry and Linda Addison Elrod. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church of Danielsville, GA where he served in many capacities. Stan was a Captain with Georgia Department of Natural Resources […]
Read moreHeading into the Labor Day weekend, the Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting another death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19. That brings the total to 28 in Stephens County. Friday’s report shows Stephens County now with 882 total positive cases of Covid-19. In neighboring counties, DPH is now reporting 65 deaths in Habersham County, and 1,390 […]
Read moreOn Thursday, September 3rd the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office simultaneously executed 4 search warrants at local convenience stores in Toccoa. The execution of these warrants were part of an investigation into commercial gambling activity at these businesses. According to the Stephens County Sheriff’s office, for many months this illegal operation had been an ongoing problem generating other criminal activity on […]
Read moreTeresa Joy Straner, age 67, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 at Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Georgia. Joy was born on July 13th, 1953 in Toccoa, Georgia, residing in north Georgia for most of her life. She was a 1971 graduate of Woody Gap High School, then later graduated with her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from Tift […]
Read moreAccording to the Georgia State Patrol, long time law enforcement officer with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Stanley Elrod was killed Thursday night about 7:40pm when he was struck by a car while training in Danielsville. Troopers say a maroon 2008 Chevy Cobalt was traveling north on Hunt Road, failed to maintain its lane and struck the […]
Read moreFootball season kicks off tonight for most area high school teams. The Stephens County Indians will begin their season by traveling up to Cleveland to play the White County Warriors in a non-region game. The Indians hope to bounce back from a disappointing 1 & 9 record last year. Both the Indians and Warriors have dropped from Class Quad-A to […]
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