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A native of Toccoa is the new head of Georgia EMC. Last week, the Board of Directors for Georgia EMC named Dennis L. Chastain as the association’s next president/CEO. He will succeed A. Paul Wood effective on January 1, 2016. The company says Chastain brings more than 28 years of experience to Georgia EMC, currently serving as senior vice president. […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A North Carolina woman says she will go back to the drawing board to get her plan to turn chicken houses into homes centered around a communal farm approved by the Franklin County Planning and Zoning Commission. Earlier this month, the Franklin County Planning Commission denied a request by Carrie Davis to turn a […]

Local officials hear from a top Senate official at an annual banquet. Gwinnett County State Senator and Senate President Pro Tempore David Shafer spoke at Thursday’s annual Farm City Week Banquet, hosted by the Stephens County Farm Bureau at the Toccoa Falls College Dining Hall. Shafer said he was honored to be speaking before Stephens County’s farm community. He said […]

Crews responded this morning to a reported mobile home fire in the Ayersville Road area of Stephens county. The call went out at about 6:30 a.m.  

50th District State Senator John Wilkinson receives a special honor. Wilkinson recently was awarded the 2015 Award for Legislative Advocacy by the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council. Officials said he was chosen for this honor in recognition of Senate Bill 274, which promotes the history of Georgia agriculture within the Capitol Museum at the Georgia State Capitol. SB 274, signed […]

American Red Cross blood and platelet donors can now help save lives in less time by using the new Red Cross RapidPass online health history system. The Red Cross says that RapidPass streamlines the donation experience by allowing donors to complete pre-donation reading and health history questions online from the convenience of a computer at home or work. According to […]

Stephens County honors Veterans Day. The county’s annual observance took place Wednesday at the VFW Post on West Savannah Street in Toccoa. Organizers moved the ceremony inside because recent rains made the courthouse lawn too soft to support folding chairs for the program. Speaking Wednesday was Stephens County High School JROTC Commander David Priatko. He said his focus is not […]

The deadline to pay Stephens County property taxes is coming up. For those who have not paid yet, Stephens County Tax Commissioner Dene Hicks said that the deadline to pay county property taxes is this Sunday, November 15. “Just in-house payments on Monday will be without interest,” said Hicks. She explained that payments by mail must be postmarked on Sunday […]

Stephens County is taking time to honor a former elected official. On Tuesday, the Stephens County Commission accepted a plaque honoring former Tax Commissioner Elizabeth Camp Williams. That plaque will hang in the Stephens County Government Building and the county has dedicated the seating in the Stephens County Government Building to Williams’ memory. Stephens County Commission Chair Dennis Bell said […]