Category: News

Today is the last day for parents and guardians to sign their children up to receive Christmas gifts through the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program. Brenda Gragg is a social worker with the Salvation Army Toccoa. She says that the Angel Tree Program is an opportunity for the community to come together and ensure that every child can open a […]

A railroad car full of used cross ties ignited into fire during Tuesday night near the Seneca’s S. Walnut Street crossing. The fire proved stubborn and required both fire fighters and railroad workers to offload some of the cross ties to allow for access to the hot spots. Fire Chief Richie Caudill (Caw-DEAL) said it became necessary to delay the […]

The WoodmenLife office in Toccoa is helping to add landscaping to downtown. Last Thursday, WoodmenLife conducted a Community Improvement Project in cooperation with the City of Toccoa by planting a Japanese Black Pine along with some fall mums and mulch next to the Woodmen Life office at the corner of Foreacre and North Pond Street. Money for the improvement came […]

Citizen complaints lead to the arrest of two Toccoa residents. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, on September 25, deputies and investigators with the Stephens County Sheriff Office executed a search warrant on a residence located on E. Doyle Street. Investigators began their investigation into the activity at this residence several months earlier after receiving a multitude of citizen […]

A Toccoa man has been arrested for the possession and distribution of drugs after an investigation led Stephens County Investigators to his house. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, the arrest occurred September 24, when Stephens County Sheriff’s Office Investigative Division and officers with the Georgia Department of Community Supervision conducted a search at a residence on Oliff Private […]

Toccoa residents who are planning to cast ballots for the city commission race and the SPLOST VII Referendum on election day, November 5, will have to vote at two separate locations. For the city commission race, incumbent David Austin is being challenged by Toccoa resident Inger Neal for post 2. During election day, voters who wish to cast a ballot […]

Northeast Georgia Health System announced Tuesday, that, as of midnight on October 1, most NGHS facilities have been forced out of the Anthem network. Their current contract between Anthem, formerly Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, expired with no new agreement in place. According to Vice-President of Managed Care Steve McNeilly, NGHS offered Anthem a proposal that was rejected. […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Yard sale season is still going strong and campaigning for public offices is also underway, and that means you are seeing lots of signs for deals and candidates along our roadways. But the Georgia Department of Transportation is reminding everyone that placing those signs in public rights of way is illegal. G-DOT Spokesperson Katie Strickland points […]

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation continues its investigation into the Toccoa Police officer involved in last week’s shooting of 48-year-old Kenton Hall. Hall was believed to be responsible for stabbing two Toccoa residents and the murder of a Toccoa woman, that occurred Monday, September 23. On Tuesday, September 24, at approximately 3:30 p.m., two TPD officers responded to a 911 […]

The Toccoa Police Department is currently investigating a shots fired call that came in over the weekend. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize around 3 a.m. on Saturday, September 28, officers were dispatched to East Doyle Street in reference to shots fired. Mize says the complainant state he woke up to the sound of three gunshots, he then looked […]