Category: News

A new class enters the Toccoa-Stephens County Schools Hall of Fame. Prior to Friday night’s football game at the Reservation, five new members were inducted into the Hall as the Class of 2014. The five inductees were Dr. Jeffrey Deal, J.B. Hudgins, Jr., Leonard Sheriff, Ken Spratlin, and Leonard Wheeler. With the addition of the five members of the Class […]

Winners are in for this year’s Toccoa Main Street Costume Parade. The annual parade took place this morning in downtown Toccoa. This year, the winners are as follows: Age 2 and under First Place – Ariana Shedd for “Jack in Box” Second Place – Henry Moore for “John Deere” Third Place – Shari Brown for “A Box of Cuties” Fourth […]

Stephens County Registrar Theresa Kelley said today is the last day people can vote early for the November election. “We are here from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,” said Kelley. “If you do not come in today and vote, you will have to go to the Senior Center on Election Day to cast your ballot. Today is also the last […]

Final preparations are underway for this year’s Toccoa Harvest Festival. The 38th annual Toccoa Harvest Festival takes place Saturday and Sunday in downtown Toccoa. Main Street Toccoa Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said the Festival will include more than 125 craft and food vendors, along with much more. “We will be having food vendors from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and […]

Law enforcement are offering tips to make sure this Halloween is a safe one. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said many children will be out trick-or-treating and following some safety advice can ensure children and streets stay safe this Halloween. “Keep your children on the sidewalk and obey all traffic signals,” said Shirley. “Make every effort to accompany your child […]

Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens is urging Georgians to change the batteries in their smoke alarms at the same time they change their clocks back to standard time this weekend. Daylight saving time ends Sunday at 2 a.m., when clocks are set back one hour. Hudgens said the annual change from daylight saving time to standard time […]

The 24th annual downtown Toccoa Costume Parade takes place later today. Preschool age children between the ages of two and five are invited to attend and Main Street Toccoa says that area pre-schools will also participate. Main Street Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said that children should begin lining up at 9:45 a.m. at the corner of Alexander and Doyle streets […]

Stephens County Clerk of Court Tim Quick says that jurors who received a summons to report for jury duty in Stephens County on Monday, November 3 do not need to report for the week. Jury duty has been cancelled for the week.

Stephens County and GEM officials are speaking on the announcement by GEM Southeast that it will expand its operations in Stephens County. This week, GEM announced that it would expand its operations in Toccoa, creating 30 jobs and building a new 110,000 square foot facility. State officials said it is a total investment of $10 million. GEM Southeast Executive Vice […]

Toccoa City Commissioners hear from one of the individuals interested in operating the city-owned Pines golf course. Terry M. Martin, a retiring educator who currently lives in the Atlanta area, spoke to city commissioners Monday representing his Tall Pines Management Group. Martin submitted one of the two proposals for operating the nine-hole, city-owned course that has been closed since late […]