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By Toccoa Police Department The Toccoa Police Department has arrested Victoria Galliher of Toccoa after she failed to appear in court in connection with the 2022 death of her infant child. Galliher’s failure to report to court triggered the immediate activation of outstanding warrants for Murder in the Second Degree related to the infant’s death. Once the warrants were confirmed […]
Read moreOn Thursday, February 12, the Toccoa Police Department was called to investigate a shooting incident at the Prather Park Apartments, explains Toccoa Police Chief Bruce Carlisle. Soriyah Ferguson was arrested at the scene and transported to the Stephens County Detention Center for booking. No one was struck by the one shot that was fired in the incident. This was an […]
Read moreOn Wednesday, February 11, 2026, investigators with the Toccoa Police Department responded to 488 Andrews Road to assist the Department of Community Supervision with a search of a residence. During the search, officers located multiple controlled substances, drug-related objects, and packaging materials consistent with the distribution of illegal narcotics, says Toccoa Police Chief Bruce Carlisle. This was an arrest, and […]
Read moreOn Friday, February 20, the state of Georgia will celebrate Arbor Day and the Stephens County Recreation Department will host students from Stephens County Middle School to plant a tree, says Tami Mayhugh, Program Director of the Stephens County Recreation Department. Georgia is the number one forestry state in the country with more than 22 million acres of commercially available […]
Read moreOn Thursday, February 12, the Stephens County Development Authority (SCDA) took Advancement Academy students on tours of Piedmont University and Toccoa Falls College, says Sadie Hawkins, Assistant to the President and CEO of the SCDA. One mission of the SCDA is to make sure that students are enrolled in a college or university, enlisted in the military, or employed with […]
Read moreBy Arrowhead Health and Wellness Clinic Before they hit the field, mats, court, or diamond, make sure they’re cleared to play! Arrowhead Health and Wellness Clinic is offering free sports physicals to students of the Stephens County School System on Wednesday, March 11, from 4-8 p.m., and on Saturday, March 14, from 8 a.m. to noon. Quick. Easy. Walk-ins welcome.
Read moreBy Stephens County Athletics The Stephens County High School (SCHS) Chick-fil-A Leader Academy is hosting a 5K and Fun Run in support of the Northeast Georgia CASA. The theme is superheroes, and everyone is invited to come support and to wear their best superhero costumes, because to SCHS, the CASA volunteers are superheroes! Following the race, there will be festivities […]
Read moreBy the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger hosted three “Money Talks” programs last week, reaching high school and college students in Georgia. The programs strongly support Secretary Raffensperger’s goal of instilling Georgia’s next generation with crucial financial management skills and an entrepreneurial mindset. “Investing in the financial education of our youth is the smartest move […]
Read moreStephens County Schools Superintendent Dr. Connie Franklin presented the Board of Education with a proposal to forgive missed school days due to the recent winter storms at their work session meeting on Thursday, February 12. The board will vote on the proposal to forgive the missed school days due to the recent winter storms at their regular meeting on Tuesday, […]
Read moreKeep Toccoa-Stephens County Beautiful (KTSCB) executive director James Addison unveiled the new Yard of the Month sign at the monthly meeting on Thursday, February 12. Addison also said that wildflowers would be planted this spring by the Georgia Department of Transportation along the roadsides entering and leaving Stephens County. Keep Toccoa-Stephens County Beautiful works to inspire local residents to take […]
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