Category: News

A Stephens County student is one of a handful from the region that is nominated for admission to the U.S. Service Academies. 9th District U.S. Representative Doug Collins announced this week that 15 students from the District have been nominated by him for admission to one of the service academies. Included in that list of 15 is Abigail Vickery of […]

Stephens County Hospital announces the winner of its annual Christmas Card contest. Thursday, Hospital officials traveled to Eastanollee Elementary Contest to announce that Abby Burkhart won this year’s contest. Abby is a 5th grader at Eastanollee Elementary. “I just drew a night on Christmas Eve where Santa Claus is going through the night,” she said. The picture includes presents and […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia City of Carnesville officials will host an open house this weekend to show off their new community center. The new Carnesville Community Center was recently completed after a number of years in the planning stages. Carnesville Mayor Harris Little said the town has been without a community center for some years and this new […]

The Stephens County High School cat castration case will be heard in Magistrate Court. Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter Director Jeff Roberts said that animal control has completed its investigation into the incident and made a decision on how to proceed. “I cannot go into specifics of the case, other than to say that we have investigated it,” said Roberts. “We […]

The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce’s search for a new Chamber President could be nearing an end. Chamber Board Chair Greg Roach said that the board plans to hold a called meeting on Monday regarding the search. Roach said the plan is for a vote to take place on Monday by the Chamber Board to extend an offer to a […]

The Stephens County Board of Education tables a request from Evan Oglesby to extend his lease with the school system for the old Toccoa High School gym on Pond Street in Toccoa for a longer term. Last month, Oglesby appeared before the school board and requested a 99-year lease of the gym. Oglesby has a current lease with the school […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Northern Judicial District Attorney Parks White is asking all five counties in the circuit to pay for extra assistant district attorneys. In a presentation to the Hart County Board of Commissioners Tuesday evening, White said crime in the district is increasing and his office needs the extra attorneys to handle that increased case load. […]

A review of numerous programs is underway in the Stephens County school system as preparations are already underway to put together next year’s budget. Tuesday, the Stephens County Board of Education began that budget review by looking at the Cannery. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey said that the cannery has lost an average of $30,000 a year over the […]

The city of Toccoa wants to clarify something regarding a letter that many city water customers are receiving. According to city officials, numerous residents have contacted the city about a letter they have gotten in the mail referencing important information regarding their water service line and offering the resident the ability to purchase insurance that would cover repairs and maintenance […]

A judge has set the next date in the court case surrounding Wilbros’ appeal of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division’s administration order against the facility. Oral arguments in the appeal are scheduled to take place on December 3 at 1:30 p.m. in the Office of State Administrative Hearings in Atlanta. The oral arguments will allow both sides in the appeal […]