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The Stephens County Middle School boys’ basketball teams swept Madison County at home on Thursday. The Rebels 7th grade boys improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in region play with a 47-41 victory. BJ Rucker and Jamaal Brown scored 15 points each for the Rebels. The 8th grade boys bounced back with an impressive 57-30 win. The Rebels got 10 points […]
Read moreJo Camp, age 87, of Atlanta, Georgia, died quietly in her sleep on August 25, 2025, at the PebbleBrook Facility within the Park Springs Community of Stone Mountain following a long, hard-fought battle with lung cancer. Jo was a devoted wife and loving mother. She is survived by her baby sister, Bette Myers; three children, Barrey Camp of Decatur, […]
Read moreMr. Elgar Ray Lewallen, age 77 of Eastanollee passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at his residence. A son of the late Johnnie and Alice Newsome Lewallen, he was born February 18, 1948, in Stephens County, Georgia where he had lived his entire life. He attended Stephens County High School and Truett-McConnell College for a short time studying to be a […]
Read moreThe Georgia Bureau of Investigations and the Toccoa Police Department continue to investigate a death discovered at the Toccoa Motel earlier today. According to initial reports, motel management attempted to enter one of the rooms and observed a significant amount of blood. Officers responded to the scene and located one deceased male inside the room. At this time, the incident […]
Read moreLorena Stowe Holcomb Agnew of Toccoa gained her wings and entered her eternal home on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Having been born in rural Franklin County on April 6, 1923, she was 102 years old. She was the youngest of 12 children born to Henry W. Stowe and Lura H. Stowe. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She was preceded […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Middle School boys’ basketball teams split with rival Franklin County on Tuesday in Carnesville. The Rebels 7th grade boys took a close 42-38 win to improve to 2-0. Keegan Howard led the Rebels scoring with 10 points, and Harper Worley and Jayceon Farrow added 8 points each. The Rebels 8th grade boys fell to Franklin County 58-43. […]
Read moreMrs. Ellen Marie Rosynek Khoury, of Toccoa, passed peacefully from this life on November 10, 2025 surrounded by family. Ellen was born in Chicago but lived in Atlanta from the age of 10. Her earliest recognition was being the third of three sisters born on St. Patrick’s Day over a five-year period, an event that was celebrated in the Chicago […]
Read moreMr. Alton Joseph Pinson, age 94, of Martin, GA, passed away Monday, November 10, 2025 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Braselton. Born June 1, 1931 in Cartersville, GA, he was the son of the late Isacc David and Bertie Blalock Pinson. Alton was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church and was a United States Air Force Veteran serving […]
Read moreHeaven has gained a favorite son as we mourn the sudden death of Glenn “Kirk” Strange on November 10, 2025. He was born in Lexington, KY on February 8, 1968, moved to Nashville, TN in 1978, and to the Atlanta GA area (including Mableton and Dacula) shortly after he and his wife, Letitia Lankford Strange, married in 1991. While in […]
Read moreMrs. Betty Jean Turpin, age 84 of Eastanollee, passed away Saturday November 8, 2025, at her residence. A daughter of the late Griff and Jessie Taylor Verner, she was born January 11, 1941, in Franklin County, Georgia living most of her life in Eastanollee. She was a longtime member of Eastanollee Baptist Church, where she served as the treasurer of […]
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