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Court officials report that a number of former Stephens County School System administrators met with the Stephens County grand jury Wednesday. The grand jury is meeting with these individuals as part of a fact-finding inquiry into the financial issues that came to light earlier this year regarding the Stephens County school system. Meeting with the grand jury Wednesday were former […]

A 15-year-old is charged in connection to the death of his mother in Stephens County on Monday, Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said Tuesday. Authorities have charged the 15-year-old juvenile, whose name was not released by authorities, with malice murder in connection to the shooting death of 46-year-old Kim Lanier at her Prather Bridge Road residence on Monday morning, said […]

The Mountain Judicial Circuit N.C.I.S. Drug Team is no more. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said that his office, along with the Rabun and Habersham County Sheriff’s Offices and the Toccoa Police Department, are now members of the Appalachian Drug Task Force starting today. Shirley said the end of the N.C.I.S. Drug Team came over financial reasons. “Our grant funding […]

A Stephens County elementary school receives national recognition. Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education named Big A Elementary School as a National Blue Ribbon School for 2014. The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students either achieve very high learning standards or are making notable improvements in closing the achievement gap. […]

The Toccoa Main Street program continues to seek vendors for the upcoming Toccoa Harvest Festival. Toccoa’s 38th annual Harvest Festival will take place on Saturday, November 1 and Sunday, November 2. Main Street Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said vendors can sign up to take part in this year’s Harvest Festival through October 16. “We do require that everything be handmade, […]

A traffic accident on Interstate 85 in Franklin County caused major traffic delays Tuesday. The accident on Interstate 85 southbound at about 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mile Marker 174, near the Franklin-Hart County line. Reports indicate that an 18-wheeler jack-knifed and landed on its side, crossing all lanes of I-85 southbound and trapping the driver inside the cab. The Lavonia […]

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office and Georgia Bureau of Investigation are investigating a death Monday morning in Stephens County. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said that authorities received a 911 call at around 11 a.m. in regards to a residence on Prather Bridge Road. “We received a 911 call that a shot had been fired,” said Shirley. “We arrived and […]

The city of Toccoa’s natural gas vehicle fleet continues to grow. Toccoa Utilities Director Harry Scott said the city recently converted five new Ford F-150 pick-up trucks to bi-fuel. That allows them to run off either natural gas or regular gasoline. Scott said that city workers took the trucks to a company in Asheville, North Carolina to get them converted […]

The Toccoa Record is reporting an apparent scam. Toccoa Record Publisher Tom Law said that the paper has received reports from individuals that someone is calling people in the area, claiming to be from the Record and asking people to purchase subscriptions for the paper over the phone. Law said that the Record is not currently making any such calls, […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Work on the exterior of the Lavonia Carnegie Library is nearing completion. Crews have been doing repairs and doing a general restoration for most of the summer on the 103-year old building. The Lavonia Carnegie Library is one of the last working Carnegie Libraries in the country. Lavonia City Manager Gary Fesperman said crews […]