City of Toccoa hires Main Street Manager

The City of Toccoa has a new manager of Main Street, says City Manager Fredda Wheeler. Brown’s first day with Main Street was Friday, June 13, and she spoke to the Toccoa Downtown Development Authority at their monthly meeting. Toccoa Main Street is a municipal organization formed to make the downtown district the economic and cultural center of the community. […]

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Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrests Walhalla Man on Multiple Drug Trafficking Arrest Warrants 

By Corporal Jimmy Watt, Public Information Officer for the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office An ongoing drug distribution and trafficking investigation by Narcotics Agents with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest of a Walhalla man yesterday during the execution of a search warrant.  35-year-old Brent Eric Money, of Whitman Hollow Road, was booked into the Oconee County Detention […]

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Suspect in Wednesday Officer-Involved Shooting in Habersham County taken into Custody

A tip from a local business Thursday night led to the arrest of a man wanted in connection with an officer-involved shooting early Wednesday in Habersham County. 34-year-old Jonathan William Harris of Sautee was arrested just before 9 p.m. at a home on Rosewood Drive off Toccoa Highway outside Clarkesville, says Habersham County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Ethan Neal. Harris is […]

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a hazardous weather outlook for Northeast Georgia, Piedmont North Carolina, Western North Carolina, and Upstate South Carolina for Friday, June 13, 2025. Showers and thunderstorms will develop again this afternoon, some producing heavy downpours. This may lead to isolated flash flooding.

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Suspect in Wednesday Officer-Involved Shooting in Habersham County taken into Custody

Suspect in Wednesday Officer-Involved Shooting in Habersham County taken into Custody By Rob Moore, Public Information Officer for Habersham County Sheriff’s Office A tip from a local business Thursday night led to the arrest of a man wanted in connection with an officer-involved shooting early Wednesday in Habersham County. Jonathan William Harris, 34, of Sautee, was arrested just before 9 […]

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Toccoa-Stephens Co. Chamber President speaks on Economic Impact of BRAG

On June 6, Stephens County welcomed thousands of visitors as part of the Bicycle Ride Across Georgia or BRAG. Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President Julie Paysen, the local organizer for BRAG coming through Stephens County, gives details. This year’s route from Rome to Hartwell had its final overnight stop in Stephens County. Paysen gives the economic impact that BRAG […]

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