The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
This is National Small Business Week. Every year since 1963, the President of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing National Small Business Week, which recognizes the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. More than half of Americans either own or work for a small business, and they create about two out of every three new […]
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The City of Toccoa’s Main Street program is the recipient of yet another major award. On Tuesday, Main Street officials announced they had received the 2017 Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Main Street spokesperson Christian Hamilton said the award is related to the work done on the restored Ritz Theatre. Hamilton said […]
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The Toccoa Rotary Club held the Top Five Banquet last night at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center. The event is to honor the top five percent in grade point average for graduating seniors at Stephens County High School. This year’s top five included eleven seniors: Ian Douglas Allen, Drema RayAnn Beavers, Sydney Beth Craig, Robert Lee Durand, Erick Aron Escanuela, […]
Read moreFranklin County authorities are investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide. It happened Monday evening, according to Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas. Thomas said deputies were called to a home on Sunshine Road late Monday night. “When they arrived on the scene they found a male deceased. While clearing the house looking for the shooter, they heard a gunshot from […]
Read moreAn apparent hit and run leaves a Toccoa woman dead. The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that on Monday night at approximately 11:55 p.m. Deputies responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian on North Red Rock Road. Upon arrival Deputies found a white female later identified as Hannah McFall age 18 of Toccoa, lying […]
Read moreThursday, May 4, is the National Day of Prayer. The annual local observance will take place on the Stephens County Courthouse Square at noon. For the past several years, the Stephens County High School Fellowship of Christian Athletes has organized the service. Coach Kirk Rogers is the faculty sponsor for the Stephens County High School FCA, and he said […]
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Two more suspects are in custody in connection with the shooting of a Banks County Sheriff’s deputy last week. Monday morning, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrests in a press release. They are 29-year-old Dustin Terrell Heuatt, and 26-year-old James Hall Askew. Heuatt is charged with numerous felony counts including aggravated assault on a peace officer, aggravated assault […]
Read moreThe unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region, which includes Stephens and Franklin counties, was 4.2 percent in March, down from 4.4 percent in February. State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said the rate declined because more people went back to work. Butler said however, the two biggest impacts on the unemployment numbers are the size of the labor force and […]
Read moreDr. Jeff Deal of Charleston SC will be in Toccoa this afternoon and tomorrow morning. Dr. Deal is a U.S. Navy veteran, a very successful medical doctor and the author of several novels, his latest being “Toccoa” which he will be offering for sale and autographing at the Mitchell Allen Meeting Room of the Currahee Military Museum this afternoon. Dr. […]
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The Stephens County Planning Commission will hold their regular meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the Stephens County Historical Courthouse Courtroom. Included on the agenda is a variance request on Walker Road that is Agricultural Residential to allow a second resident on the lot, and a variance request from ASI Southeast, Inc. on Clary Connector with a proposed action for […]
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