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Stephens County Nutrition Department will continue its Summer Meals Program this week in Stephens County. During the summer months, the program provides a free sack lunch, Monday through Thursday, to children 18 and younger in Stephens County. It may be hard to believe, but there are many children in Stephens County who don’t get enough to eat during the summer […]

Main Street Toccoa will continue its Ida Cox Music Series this weekend with a performance by Tribute Band: an Allman Brothers Tribute Band. Main Street Manager Christian Hamilton says this year’s concert series will be a combination of returning and new performers. Tribute Band is the headlining act and will take the stage following a performance by opening act Jackson […]

A Toccoa man is charged with grand larceny in Oconee County, SC according to the Oconee County Sheriff’s office. According to the incident report a burglary took place sometime over Memorial Day weekend at Wood-Tex Products in Fair Play. The business owner reported a utility trailer had been stolen from behind the shop building and the work shop itself had […]

Public Safety Day is coming up this weekend on Saturday, June 12. Join Toccoa’s First Responders at the Public Safety Day event located at Ebenezer Baptist Church, at 49 Roselane, in Toccoa, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Toccoa Police Department have partnered together to host this family-friendly […]

Main Street Toccoa will continue its Ida Cox Music Series this weekend with a performance by Vintage Vixens. Main Street Manager Christian Hamilton says this year’s concert series will be a combination of returning and new performers. Vintage Vixens is the headlining act and will take the stage following a performance by opening act Michael McCollough at 7 p.m. The […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners approved an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget during its meeting on Tuesday. According to County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, the amendment is for the recreation department. Ayers says the amendment will allow work to be done at the recreation department’s playground by moving funds from contingencies to the recreation department. A motion was […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners entered into a fire protection services agreement with Banks County for Tates Creek Fire Department during its meeting on Tuesday. According to County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, the agreement is approved each year, to allow Tates Creek Fire Department to offer fire protection services to Banks County. Ayers says in return for Tates Creek Fire […]

Last month the new Georgia World War II Heritage Trail was presented with a TravelBlazers Award by the Georgia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus at their annual conference in Savannah. GACVB Executive Director Jay Markwalter says quote, “This tourism award recognizes a variety of new destination attractions and innovative ideas that have resulted from the creativity, passion and teamwork […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Stephens County’s Chamber of Commerce and Welcome Center is receiving a grant from the State to go towards tourism recovery efforts. Last week, Governor Brian Kemp in partnership with Explore Georgia, the state tourism office within the Georgia Department of Economic Development, announced the recipients of a special round of Tourism Recovery Marketing Grants. The Explore […]

The Historic Ritz Theatre will continue its summer movie series today with two screenings of Onward. According to Historic Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh, every Thursday in June and July, the theatre will screen a different movie with two showings, one at 10 a.m. and the other at 7 p.m. Mayhugh says the Summer Movie Series will continue next […]