Category: News

Next week is Severe Weather Preparedness Week and The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, in partnership with the National Weather Service, is encouraging Georgians to learn and understand the threats of severe weather and prepare for various weather events. GEMA and Homeland Security Director Chris Stallings says with the recent severe storms, tornado outbreaks and straight-line winds that […]

A Toccoa man has died after a one-vehicle wreck in Franklin County. According to SGT J.R. Dean, with the Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post, it happened Wednesday afternoon on State Route 59 near One Mile Road. Dean said a white 2013 Chevrolet Express van was traveling north on GA 59 when it traveled off the east shoulder of the roadway […]

The Toccoa Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are working together to investigate the death of a toddler. According to a release issued by the GBI, on Monday, at 7:15 p.m., Stephens County 911 received a call regarding an unresponsive child at a home in the area of Riley Street in Toccoa. The child ultimately was pronounced deceased […]

Several Fire Departments responded to a residential fire on January 30, 2023. According to Shiloh Fire Chief Frankie Deitz, the fire occurred just before 2:30 a.m. on Black Mountain Road. He says the resident awoke to smoke filing their second story bedroom. He alerted the rest of the family and was able to safely evacuate everyone from the home before […]

The Toccoa City Commission and the Stephens County Board of Commissioners recently approved motions for an agreement for airport engineering design and planning assistance funding. Last week, the Toccoa City Commission met for its regular scheduled meeting; during which City Manager Billy Morse explained that the Toccoa-Stephens County Airport’s airfield needed to have its entire airfield lighting system replaced. He […]

A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered by the State Insurance Commissioner’s office for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a fire last week in the Gumlog Community. It happened on Pinehurst Road in the Fishermen’s Cove subdivision Tuesday night, January 24. Commissioner King says, “Under the direction of the Franklin County Magistrate […]

The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Joel Rosenbaum. Joel was last seen on the evening of January 26, 2023, traveling on foot. He was last seen wearing a gray and red shirt, black pants, and black and white tennis shoes. Joel may be attempting to travel to Lawrenceville, Georgia. If you have information that […]

SK Battery America in Commerce has exceeded its hiring goal of 2,600 employees two years ahead of schedule for its two lithium-ion battery manufacturing facilities. The company met its goal at the end of 2022 and is further expanding its workforce to approximately 3,000 over the next year to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles. Since 2019, the company […]

The Toccoa City Commission recently approved a grant resolution through the Georgia Council for the Arts. According to City Manager Billy Morse, the grant resolution, if awarded, would help fund season seven of the Night at the Ritz event series at the Historic Ritz Theatre. “The Georgia Council for the Arts does have grant funding available. Funding would be applied […]

The Rotary Club of Toccoa and the Toccoa Elks Lodge partnered to collect and distribute 209 hoodies and coats to the Stephens County Schools and The Hope Center in Toccoa. According to Toccoa Rotary Club Member and Coordinator Warren Johnston, it has been several years since this kind of effort had been held and that the Rotary Club made it […]