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Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey said that the school system will not have any problem adjusting to the state Board of Education’s decision to grant a waiver of promotion, placement, and retention requirements tied to the 2016 administration of the Georgia Milestones End of Grade tests. The Georgia Department of Education said that during this year’s administration of the […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Franklin County Commissioners are working with the County Manager on the Fiscal Year 2017 budget.. The county’s fiscal year begins July 1 so the budget must be finalized and passed by June 30. Franklin County Manager Beth Thomas said the county is right where she expected it to be financially by this time in […]
Read moreTruett McConnell College is now Truett McConnell University. The change became official on the school’s commencement day this past Saturday and comes after approval from the school’s board of trustees last October. It also coincides with the school’s 70th anniversary and first master’s degree graduate. The 2016 graduating class of 134 students was the first to receive their diplomas from […]
Read moreMain Street Toccoa unveils the latest in its series of historic plaques. The eighth historic plaque in the 2015-2016 series of ten plaques dedicated to downtown buildings was unveiled on Thursday at the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. The historic Stephens County Courthouse was built in 1907 and was renovated by the county in recent years. It now […]
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Stephens County names its finalist for the position of E-911 and Emergency Management Agency Director. On Friday, Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers announced that the sole finalist for the position is Danielle Rhodes of Hampton, Georgia. Ayers said there is going to be a 14-day public notice period before action is taken on the potential hiring of Rhodes to the […]
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The Stephens County Board of Education is starting the process of filling its current vacancy. Thursday, the school board set the process it will use for filling the vacant seat created when Jeff Webb resigned from his District 2 seat. Webb resigned last month after being arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence by the Toccoa Police Department. Stephens […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Transportation is moving up the timeline for the projected completion of the entire Georgia Highway 17 widening project. Friday, a DOT Spokesperson sent an e-mail update on the project. In that e-mail, DOT Spokesperson Katina Lear said the southern end of the Highway 17 project, between Scott Road and the Franklin County line, is now expected […]
Read moreA local home health agency celebrates a new beginning. CareSouth Home Health held a Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting last Wednesday at its Toccoa location to celebrate a recent merger. Carolyn Culpepper is the Area Manager for CareSouth Home Health’s Toccoa branch. She said the merger will expand the area in which the company can provide a wide range […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Post 52 of the Georgia State Patrol will have to let Franklin County know what equipment it needs in order to receive it. Earlier this month, Franklin County Commissioners approved and then rescinded their approval of a gift of laser equipment to the Hartwell Post of the Georgia State Patrol. That was after Franklin […]
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Stephens County High School is putting its contingency plans together for next week’s Class of 2016 graduation ceremonies. Principal Sandy Steele updated the Stephens County Board of Education on graduation at the board’s work session on Thursday. Steele said that the goal for the students is always to have graduation outside at the football stadium and the hope is always […]
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