Category: News

Currahee Military Weekend gears up Friday (Oct.2) for a busy weekend. The annual event that honors the World War II paratroopers who trained at Camp Toccoa takes place this weekend in Toccoa and Stephens County. Starting off events Friday is the annual Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce BBQ, which runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Georgia National […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Franklin County Sheriff’s Office investigators are asking for the public’s help in connection with a body found last month off I-85 and GA Highway 106. On Wednesday, Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas released more details of their investigation. According to the Sheriff, the victim is identified as 49-year old David Baldwin of Doraville, Georgia. Baldwin’s […]

A report from an Atlanta TV station indicates that the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an alleged incident that occurred last week involving Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell and Piedmont College Police Chief Chanon Pritchard. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, a report from the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office states that Chief Jarrell called law enforcement on September 21 to […]

Two Franklin County men face drug charges in Stephens County. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley says that deputies with his office’s Crime Suppression Unit performed a traffic stop on a vehicle recently due to minor traffic violations on Big A Road. Shirley says deputies requested the driver produce his license, but the driver told deputies that he did not have […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia State officials say the delay in getting monies out to help the elderly and low-income families pay their heating bills this winter has nothing to do with a shortfall in funding. Rather, it’s an accounting issue. On Friday, the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services announced the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program or […]

The Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter continues to deal with a cat overcrowding problem. Last month, the shelter reported that it had 164 cats in the shelter and 240 animals in the facility overall, even though the animal shelter is only designed to hold 150 animals in all. At that time, Shelter Director Jeff Roberts said the shelter needed to reduce […]

9th District U.S. Representative Doug Collins is writing the U.S. Department of Agriculture about the threat of avian influenza. This week, Collins sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking that the USDA ensure all viable options are available to state, local, and industry stakeholders to prevent the spread of bird flu if highly pathogenic avian […]

Four people face multiple charges after they were allegedly caught in the act of shoplifting at a local store. Toccoa Police responded to Wal-Mart on Big A Road on September 20th after being called by store employees. Lieutenant Eddie Neal with the Toccoa Police Department said that store employees told police the four were in the act of shoplifting. “They […]

Two people face charges after a drug investigation leads to a search warrant in Stephens County. Sheriff Randy Shirley said that his office and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office served a search warrant last Thursday at a residence on Hayes Road that stemmed from a multi-agency investigation. “For several months now, the drug task force and my drug agent […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia There is another delay in the murder trial of Brent Shubert, the Canon man accused in the 2013 murder of his fiancé, Bonny Ann Cooner. Opening arguments were scheduled to begin Monday, but last Friday, Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Parks White requested a continuance. White told Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Malcom that evidence relevant to the guilt […]