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Election Day is tomorrow in Toccoa-Stephens County. According to Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober, residents wishing to cast a ballot will vote at the Stephens County Senior Center from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday. During the advance voting period there were over 7,500 residents to cast advance ballots. As a reminder, all absentee ballots are due back to the […]

A Franklin County man has been arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit. On Wednesday, October 28, 36-year-old Matthew Daniel Seay was taken into custody on arrests warrants originating out of Virginia. The arrest warrants were for the use of communication systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children. The alleged victim is under the […]

Residents wishing to sponsor a child in the Toccoa Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program can do so beginning today. According to Social Worker Brenda Gragg with the Toccoa Salvation Army, this year, residents who would like to provide gifts for children at need a link is available at saangeltree.org, where you can select a child to buy gifts for and […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting another death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19, the first death reported in the county in almost three weeks, bringing the total to 42. DPH is now reporting 1,288 positive cases of the virus in Stephens County since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Friday […]

As of 3:30 P.M. on Friday, some Stephens County residents remain without power after Tropical Storm Zeta moved through the region Thursday morning. According to Georgia Power, a little more than 750 customers in Stephens County remain without power. As of 5 P.M. on Thursday, Hart EMC was reporting just under 3,000 customers without power, but now is reporting that […]

Earlier this morning, Governor Brian P. Kemp signed Executive Order 10.30.20.01 and Executive Order 10.30.20.02, extending the public health state of emergency through December 9 and renewing current COVID-19 restrictions with minimal changes to the sections on Healthcare and Governments. The Order extending the public health state of emergency (1o.30.20.01) is effective immediately. Executive Order 10.30.20.02 takes effect on November 1 […]

Today is the final day to cast an advance ballot in the General Election in Toccoa-Stephens County. Between October 12 and Wednesday, October 28, there were 7,321 residents to cast ballots at the Stephens County Registrar’s Office. Early voting will run today from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Gober says all advance voting will be done at the Stephens County […]

All Stephens County Schools are closed today due to power outage at the High School and Bus Shop. Stephens County School Superintendent Dr. Daniel Oldham says 12-month employees should still report. Additionally, power remains out to hundreds of Stephens County residents after Tropical Storm Zeta moved through the region Thursday morning. According to Georgia Power, 1,124 customers in Stephens County […]

Power remains out to thousands of Stephens County residents after Tropical Storm Zeta moved through the region this morning. According to Georgia Power, more than 1,700 customers in Stephens County remain without power and Hart EMC is reporting just under 3,000 customers without power as of 5 P.M. in Stephens County. Many of those outages started this morning when high […]

Stephens County Schools will be closed on Friday. Stephens County School Superintendent Dr. Daniel Oldham had the following statement. “I hope that everyone is doing well and safe after the storm. Due to the power outage at the high school and the bus shop, we will be closed tomorrow. Georgia Power is dealing with widespread outages across the region which […]