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The total solar eclipse is coming up next week and Toccoa as well as surrounding counties are hosting festivities for the community to be involved in. Here in Toccoa, there will be a street party hosted by Mainstreet Toccoa in the parking lot across from the Ritz Theatre from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. There will be live music, food […]
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The Toccoa City Commission is having a work session and regularly scheduled meeting today. On the agenda includes an update from the Stephens County Development Authority, consideration of recommendations from the Alcohol beverage control board, the monthly financial report and more. The work session begins at 4 and meeting to follow at 5 and both are open to the public.
Read moreAn elderly man in the early stages of Alzheimers who went missing over the weekend was found safe yesterday. Dave Gray of Carnesville left walking from his home on Highway 320 around 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning, leading to authorities using a tracking dog and helicopters to help locate him. WNEG News learned that Gray was located Sunday at the edge […]
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A shooting occurs this morning in Habersham County involving a suspect who was believed to have stolen a vehicle in White County and attempted a carjacking in Toccoa. According to Police Chief Tim Jarrell, at 7:34 Sunday morning, the Toccoa Police Department was contacted by the White County Sheriff’s Office about a vehicle that was taken after a weapon was […]
Read moreThe Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting yesterday for local insurance agent Susan Mann’s office. Mann is a local agent for Woodmen Life and said she offers life insurance, investments, health insurance and anything in the insurance spectrum except property and casualty and auto and home. Chamber President Julie Paysen gave welcoming comments to the crowd, saying […]
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The Stephens County Board of Commissioners is moving forward with making amendments to the sign ordinance. County Administrator Phyllis Ayers said that some of the most significant changes to the ordinance involve billboards being separate from other signs and prohibiting billboards in certain areas. “One of the most significant things is it pulls out ordinance for billboards separated from all […]
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Continued prayers are being requested by Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley for the family of a Stephens County Sheriff’s deputy who passed away suddenly on Tuesday. Shirley said 41-year old Dale Cleveland died Tuesday afternoon while attending Basic Mandate Training at the Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth when he collapsed. “During the day, he mildly complained about being dizzy, […]
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More details are out on the shooting in Toccoa that occurred this morning. Police Chief Tim Jarrell says that at approximately 6:30 this morning, the Toccoa Police Department received reports that someone had been shot at 614 South Pond Street. According to Jarrell, the victim was a 54-year-old white female. “When officers arrived, they discovered a 54-year-old white female who […]
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Two suspects involved in a home invasion were arrested in Stephens County on Tuesday. The Rabun County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence off Eastern Cross Lane on August 7 in reference to a home invasion. Upon deputies’ arrival, the victim stated he had been assaulted and the suspect had taken items from the residence. The suspect left the residence […]
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The Stephens County Board of Commissioners lifts the 90-day moratorium that was previously put on the construction of poultry houses and poultry operations. After approving the construction of new poultry houses in May, the board wanted to amend the language of the current zoning ordinance for the agriculture intensive district. The amendments they considered involved increasing the setbacks for poultry […]
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