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Stephens County Deputy Registrar April Roberts says the second recount of the November 3rd Election will continue today. The Stephens County Registrar’s Office held the second recount on Monday along with its Logic and Accuracy Testing of the voting machines prior to starting the recount. Roberts says everything on Monday went smoothly. She says the Registrar’s Office will pick up […]

Just a week remains to adopt an Angel to buy Christmas presents for through the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program. According to Toccoa Salvation Army Social Worker Brenda Gragg this year there are over 700 children in Stephens County who without the Angel Tree Program will not open gifts on Christmas Day. She says adopting an Angel is easier now […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Today is Giving Tuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back, and many will use this day to donate to their favorite cause or charity as part of their holiday giving. With that in mind, the Better Business Bureau is urging people to give wisely. The Northeast Georgia Better Business Bureau Sr. VP Mike Boynton tells […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 1,514 positive cases of Covid-19, and still 45 deaths in Stephens County since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Monday afternoon. The latest report has Habersham County with 80 deaths and a total of 2,315 positive cases of the virus. In other neighboring […]

Governor Brian P. Kemp signed Executive Order 11.30.20.01 and Executive Order 11.30.20.02, extending Georgia’s Public Health State of Emergency until January 8, 2021, and extending current COVID-19 restrictions. Executive Order 11.30.20.02 also includes changes that allow nurses and pharmacists to administer the pending COVID-19 vaccine, including in a drive-thru setting, and permits any nurse or pharmacist to observe patients for […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 1,510 positive cases of Covid-19, an increase of 39 since Friday, and still 45 deaths in Stephens County since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Sunday afternoon. The latest report has Habersham County with 80 deaths and a total of 2,302 positive cases […]

As a reminder, Stephens County Registrar’s Office will be holding a recount of the November 3rd General election today. Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober says this is the second recount of the recent election. She says the recount will be held at the Stephens County Registrar’s Office inside the Stephens County Historic Courthouse beginning at 9 a.m. Gober says the […]

Christmas Fest returns to Toccoa this Friday. According to Main Street Toccoa Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby the city has planned several entertainment options for families to enjoy. Christmas Fest will run from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., and will kick-off with the annual City of Toccoa Christmas Tree lighting at 6 p.m. Crosby says this year’s Christmas Fest will be […]

An Atlanta man is behind bars in Habersham County after a traffic stop in Tallulah Falls uncovered $21,000 worth of illegal drugs in his vehicle. It happened Sunday November 22, when the Georgia State Patrol conducted a traffic stop on Georgia Highway 15 South. The driver, identified as Donald Pickett, 51, of Atlanta, was heading to Atlanta from North Carolina. […]

Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter Executive Director Jeff Roberts has announced that one of the Humane Shelter employees has tested positive for COVID-19. Roberts says that employee is at home in quarantine. Additionally, Roberts says two employees was in close contact to the employee that tested positive and are now getting tested. The shelter will be closed today and tomorrow, November […]