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The Georgia State Patrol (GSP) and the Motor Carrier Compliance Division (MCCD) encourage motorists to exercise safe driving habits during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday travel periods. In an effort to reduce the number of crashes on Georgia roadways, State troopers and MCCD officers will be on high visibility patrols on interstates and state roads. The Christmas travel period […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 48 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 1,951 people testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Monday afternoon. The latest report has Habersham County with 82 deaths and now 3,100 positive cases of the virus. In other neighboring counties, Franklin County […]

Early voting continues this week in Toccoa-Stephens County. That’s according to Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober. The advance voting period began on Monday, December 14, and Gober says all advance voting is done at the Stephens County Registrar’s Office inside the Historic Stephens County Courthouse. The early voting period will continue this week Monday through Wednesday, December 23, from 8 […]

Main Street Toccoa will continue its fourth season of the Ritz Theatre’s Open Mic Monday series tonight in Toccoa-Stephens County. The Open Mic Monday competition will begin at 7:00 p.m. The competition is limited to just 10 contestants each, so anyone interested in competing is asked to sign-up online by emailing Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh at [email protected] or […]

The Stephens County School System has released the latest weekly COVID-19 update for the week ending December 18, 2020. The update includes: 3 staff members with a positive COVID-19 test; 5 staff members quarantined at home; 159 students quarantined at home; and 5 students with a positive COVID-19 test. There are 3,929 students currently enrolled in-person and virtually throughout the […]

Stephens County in partnership with the Georgia Department of Revenue will upgrade its Georgia Drives Motor Vehicle System. The Georgia Department of Revenue is upgrading to a new version of the Georgia Driver Record and Integrated Vehicle Enterprise System (DRIVES). According to Stephens County Tax Commissioner Dene Hicks, this upgrade will keep the county up to date with the latest […]

Main Street Toccoa will continue its fourth season of the Ritz Theatre’s Open Mic Monday series next week in Toccoa-Stephens County. The Open Mic Monday competition will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, December 21. The competition is limited to just 10 contestants each, so anyone interested in competing is asked to sign-up online by emailing Ritz Theatre General Manager […]

Early voting continues today in Toccoa-Stephens County. That’s according to Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober. The advance voting period began on Monday, December 14. She says all advance voting will be done at the Stephens County Registrar’s Office inside the Historic Stephens County Courthouse. The early voting period will continue Monday through Friday, through December 23, from 8 a.m. until […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting another death in Stephens County due to complications from Covid-19 bringing the total to 48 for the county, and 35 more confirmed positive cases of the virus since Wednesday bringing that total to 1,871 since the beginning of the virus. The latest report was released Thursday afternoon. The latest report still has […]

Main Street Toccoa will continue its fourth season of the Ritz Theatre’s Open Mic Monday series next week in Toccoa-Stephens County. The Open Mic Monday competition will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, December 21. The competition is limited to just 10 contestants each, so anyone interested in competing is asked to sign-up online by emailing Ritz Theatre General Manager […]