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The city of Toccoa continues to make progress on improvements out at the Pines golf course. On Monday, city commissioners unanimously approved spending $25,000 to move the large metal maintenance building at the golf course from its current location by the Pro Shop to a new location adjacent to a small maintenance building elsewhere on the property. Toccoa City Manager […]

The Stephens County school system is holding Kindergarten registration this week. Kindergarten registration for the Stephens County school system will be held on Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration will be held at the Stephens County elementary schools. A child must be five years of age on or before September 1, […]

Preparations are underway for the first full summer at the new Doyle Street Pool. Monday, Toccoa City Commissioners unanimously approved a pool management agreement allowing Camp Fire Georgia to again operate the pool for the city. Camp Fire operated the pool for the city when it opened late last summer. City commissioners met with Camp Fire CEO Elaine Brinkley to […]

The Stephens County Board of Education has set public hearings surrounding the proposed closing of Eastanollee Elementary School. Those public hearings will be on March 30 and on April 13. Both hearings will start at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the Tugaloo Center for the Performing Arts at Stephens County High School. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey […]

Stephens County Commissioners are expected to consider a request from County Extension Agent Forrest Connelly for additional funding from the county government for the 4-H program at their meeting later today. The county commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. today in the second floor courtroom of the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. Commissioners are expected to consider a […]

Stephens County Public Works Director Tim Mitchem said he is working with the Department of Transportation regarding the closure of a bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad. Last week, Mitchem announced that the Georgia DOT had told the county that the Stonewall Court bridge over the railroad required immediate closing. Stonewall Court is located near the Toccoa-Stephens County Airport. According […]

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary from over the weekend. According to a report on file, a deputy responded to a residence on Brady Street on Sunday evening, where a man reported that he had been out of town for a few days and when he returned, he noticed items missing from his residence. Meanwhile, the Sheriff’s […]

The two sides in the Wilbros civil suit in Stephens County Superior Court will propose new court orders to present to the judge for a new court order in connection to the case. Attorneys on both sides appeared before Judge Robert Adamson in a hearing Friday morning in Stephens County Superior Court. Stephens County and other plaintiffs are suing Wilbros […]

Toccoa City Commissioners will have the city pool and the Pines golf course on their agendas for a meeting and work session later today. First, city commissioners will meet for a work session at Toccoa City Hall starting at 4 p.m. During the work session, the city commission is first expected to discuss a pool management agreement for this year […]

Stephens County High School students come together to have fun and raise money for a good cause. Friday night, Stephens County High School hosted its first “Powder Puff” football game at the Reservation. All of the proceeds from the “Powder Puff” game benefited Stephens County Special Olympics. Stephens County High School student Kaitlyn Phillips helped to organize the game. She […]