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During the Monday Toccoa City Commission meeting, Toccoa Vice Mayor Evan Hellenga urged residents to wear masks. Despite the recent announcement regarding the COVID-19 Vaccine, he says, everyone needs to continue wearing masks in public until the vaccine is made available to the general public. Hellenga says this isn’t a partisan issue; but rather an issue of public health. According […]

Early voting continues today in Toccoa-Stephens County. That’s according to Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober. 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 5 p.m. On December 24th and 25th, the Registrar’s […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners has selected its Chair and Vice-Chair to serve throughout 2021. On Tuesday, during its special called meeting, Commissioner James Addison nominated Commissioner Michelle Ivester to serve as Chairman of the Board. “First, I’d like to say ‘thank you, Dennis’ this has been a tough year, with phone calls and meetings. But we all survived. […]

Habersham County Schools will be closed on Wednesday due to potential freezing rain. In a statement, the superintendent’s office stated the following: ” The National weather service has issued a Winter Weather advisory for Habersham County. The advisory is for freezing rain in the early morning hours on Wednesday, and especially in the northern part of Habersham County. The freezing […]

As the state of Georgia and and the nation begin distribution of the vaccine for Covid-19, the latest numbers continue to reflect a rise in positive cases. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, there were nearly 5,000 positive cases of the virus across the state since Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 484,152, and of those, […]

The Historic Ritz Theatre will finish out its Christmas Movie Series this week in downtown Toccoa. According to Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh throughout the month of December, patrons can usher in the Christmas Spirit by watching Christmas movies every Thursday at the Ritz. She says the last movie is Sana Clause 3: The Escape Clause and will be […]

The Toccoa City Commission met on Monday for its regular scheduled meeting; during which, the commission approved an intergovernmental agreement with Stephens County to hire an Animal Control Officer. According to City Manager Billy Morse, the agreement will allow the city and county to split the cost 50/50 to hire the Animal Control Officer. Morse says the agreement would authorize […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners will meet this morning in a special called meeting to hold the second reading of the mid-year Fiscal Year 2021 budget. During last week’s commission meeting, County Administrator Phyllis Ayers provided the board with an overview of the proposed budget. She says the proposed $44-million budget includes several items that should be highlighted, including […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting 47 deaths in Stephens County and now a total of 1,780 confirmed positive cases of Covid-19. The latest report was released Sunday afternoon. The latest report still has Habersham County with 82 deaths, and 2,767 positive cases of the virus. In other neighboring counties, Franklin County has had 1,351 positive cases […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) today received the first shipments of COVID-19 vaccine for administration in Georgia. Shipments of the Pfizer vaccine arrived in Coastal Georgia at two public health locations with ultracold freezers required for storage and temperature control of the vaccine. Additional shipments of vaccine are expected later this week at facilities in other parts of […]