All-Region Softball Team announced-Whitfield Pitcher of the Year

The Region 8-AAAA All-Region Girls Softball team has been announced. Stephens County’s Emma Whitfield was named Pitcher-of-the-Year. The Lady Indians also placed 2 players on the first team and 4 on the second team.  Alanna Dunson was named a 1st Team Infielder; Natalie Morgan, 1st Team Catcher; Kayley Sellers, 2nd Team Infielder; Bailey Dobbs and Kataryna Fuller, 2nd Team Outfielders; […]

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Shots Fired Near City Water Crew

Shots were fired Thursday morning in the Lake Harbor Shores area of Bruce Rd in Stephens County shot near a City of Toccoa Water Department work crew. According to reports, the crew was working to repair a water line Thursday morning when bullets were fired. The crew ran across the street and phoned 9-1-1. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy […]

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Lady Indians-State Runner-Up

    The Stephens County Lady Indians make an incredible run to the Georgia Class AAAA Softball State Final and finish as the state runner-up. Northside of Columbus received great pitching from Hannah George and scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning to take the state title game 6-0 on Saturday. Stephens County won the opening game […]

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Lady Indians Road to Title Starts Today

The Stephens County Lady Indians will meet Northside of Columbus today at 5 P.M. in Columbus in the Elite Eight of the AAAA Softball State Playoffs. The Lady Indians will lean on the arm of Junior Emma Whitfield. Whitfield is coming off an outstanding game in the deciding game at Chapel Hill where she allowed only three hits and hit […]

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Lady Indians Face Tough Foe but Ready

The Stephens County Lady Indians will make their second straight trip to the Class AAAA Elite Eight High School Softball Championships when they meet Northside of Columbus Thursday at 5 P.M. in Columbus. Stephens County advanced to Columbus with road series wins. The Lady Indians defeated Chestatee two games to none in round one, and won the final two games […]

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Grand Jury Selection Challenged in Murder Case

Another delay in the murder trial of two men accused in the shooting death of Toccoa man. The attorneys for Marqkeela Lawain Hill and William Demetrius McElveen are challenging their indictments. Hill and McElveen are charged in the February 2016 murder of 21-year-old Tomas Colbert of Toccoa. Both were indicted in January by a Stephens County Grand Jury on charges […]

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Man Pleads Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter

An elderly Toccoa man, charged with a 2016 murder, pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter. 74-year old Gary Lamar Patrick pled guilty Tuesday in Stephens County Superior Court to one count of involuntary manslaughter in the February 2016 shooting death of 41-year old Robert Gary Hiott who was using the alias Richard Gary Bump. According to Mountain Judicial Circuit Assistant District […]

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Toys for Tots Underway

It’s hard to believe but it is once again time to start thinking about Christmas and Christmas giving. And this year’s Toys for Tots campaign is already underway in Stephens, Franklin and Hart Counties, but there is something new for parents wanting to put in a request for toys for their children. Local Toys for Tots administrator Don Alexander says […]

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