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Just a reminder, today is the National Day of Prayer and like communities across the country, the City of Toccoa will be holding a public prayer service this morning on the grounds of the historic Stephens County Courthouse. This year’s National Day of Prayer theme is: “For Your Great Name’s Sake! Hear Us… Forgive Us…Heal Us!” The theme is taken […]
Read moreA Lavonia man will continue to serve his prison sentence after the Georgia Court of Appeals upheld his conviction on child molestation charges in Stephens County. Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney George Christian announced Wednesday that 37-year-old Jeremy Matthew Peppers lost his appeal at the state level. In 2009, a Stephens County jury convicted Peppers of molesting a child under […]
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Toccoa’s Main Street Program will be hanging another historic plaque this afternoon on a downtown building. This time the plaque will be hung on what was once Toccoa’s Greyhound Bus station on Railroad Street. Main Street spokesperson Christian Hamilton said this is one of ten plaques going up this year. The Toccoa Greyhound bus station is one of the last […]
Read moreFranklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas is detailing how his deputies were able to help catch the man who shot a Banks County Sheriff’s deputy last week. That man, identified as 37-year-old Avery Richard of Atlanta was later shot and killed in a shootout with FBI agents in Atlanta Saturday. Sheriff Thomas said a tip on a wreck that happened Tuesday […]
Read moreThis 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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