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Golfers are now teeing off at the Links at Lake Toccoa. City officials joined other dignitaries, business leaders, and community members on Thursday to cut the ribbon and re-open the city-owned golf course off of Black Mountain Road that has been closed for around a year. Toccoa Mayor Terry Carter said it was a very exciting day for the city. […]

Recycling re-starts Saturday at convenience sites in Stephens County. Bins will be back out at the county’s convenience sites for people to drop off their recyclables. Stephens County officials said the system will be single-stream recycling, which means people will not have to separate their recyclable items. Officials also said that there will be signs and information to specify what […]

Today is the final day of municipal qualifying for Toccoa and Martin. In Toccoa, candidates wishing to qualify for one of the three seats up for election this year should see Toccoa City Clerk Fredda Wheeler at Toccoa City Hall. The qualifying fee is $252. For Martin, qualifying is at the Stephens County Probate and Registrar’s Office, located in Room […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia It should be smooth sailing on Lake Hartwell this weekend, despite lower lake levels. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Billy Birdwell said campgrounds and picnic areas are open this weekend all around the lake. “There’s so much you can do this weekend,” Birdwell said. “There’s water skiing, boating, fishing, camping, hiking, biking, picnicking. […]

Top state officials and the president of the University of Georgia take a farm tour of northeast Georgia. State Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black and University of Georgia President Jere Morehead were among those taking the tour Wednesday. That tour started in Toccoa as the plane carrying the officials landed at the Toccoa-Stephens County Airport before the officials headed out to […]

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office says it has found over a thousand dollars in stolen equipment in another county. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said that in 2014, a Big A Road business reported that three commercial chainsaws were stolen from their property. Shirley said that the stolen equipment was then located in Rabun County with the help of authorities […]

The Georgia State Patrol continues to search for the person who was driving a car involved in a one-vehicle accident Tuesday morning in Stephens County. According to the Toccoa post of the Georgia State Patrol, officers were notified of a crash on Brookhaven Circle at about 1:47 a.m. on Tuesday. The GSP said that Senior Trooper Jason Stephens responded to […]

All incumbents have now qualified for re-election to their posts to the Toccoa City Commission. David Austin qualified Wednesday to run for re-election to his Post 2 seat. Previously, Terry Carter qualified to run for re-election to his Post 1 seat and Gail Fry qualified to run for re-election to her Post 4 seat. There are currently no challengers for […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia When the November election rolls around, Franklin County voters will cast their ballots at one of seven polling places instead of the previous 13. The Franklin County Board of Elections recently voted to pare down the number of precincts to seven in an effort to save the County money. In years past, the proposal […]

It’s a big day today as the city of Toccoa officially unveils “The Links at Lake Toccoa.” The grand opening for the course is today after a year of work by the city to return the course to use after it closed late last summer. Today’s grand opening festivities will begin at 10:30 a.m. with a ceremony to officially retire […]