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Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley has been selected to serve as the President of the Georgia Sheriff’s Youth Homes, Incorporated. The announcement was made during a training conference sponsored by the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association, held at Lake Lanier Islands in July. Seventy sheriffs from around the state participated in the three-day event. The conference was devoted to training sessions to […]

Main Street Toccoa will host another installment of the Ida Cox Summer Music Series this weekend in Toccoa-Stephens County. Main Street Toccoa Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby says this week’s concert will feature headlining act Radio Rangers. Radio Rangers is an Americana band based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Crosby says Main Street Toccoa is expecting another successful concert. She adds that […]

The Historic Ritz Theatre will hold another installment of its Saturday Matinees this weekend in downtown Toccoa. According to Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh, throughout the month of August, the theatre will be screening films on Saturday mornings at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. She says the films being played in August were originally scheduled for the first half […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting the 14th death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19. DPH is now reporting a total of 676 positive cases of Covid-19 in Stephens County. This marks an increase of 53 positive Covid-19 cases in Stephens County since Sunday. The latest report was released Thursday afternoon. DPH is now reporting 51 […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 663 positive cases of Covid-19 and 13 deaths due to complications of the virus. The latest report was released Wednesday afternoon. DPH is reporting 50 deaths in Habersham County and a total of 1173 positive cases of the virus. Locally, Stephens County Hospital and its facilities have tested 4,289 […]

Could provisional votes change the outcome of the State Senate District 50 race? As it stands, Bo Hatchett has 34 more votes than Stacy Hall according to the Secretary of State’s Office. If the results of the Republican primary elections is an indicator,  it’s not certain. Here are the results from the Secretary of State’s Office for total number of […]

The results are in. Following Tuesday’s election, Bo Hatchett has won the Republican run-off for State Senate District 50; but, it may be too close to call. Hatchett amassed a total of 1,152 votes in Stephens County and 50.07 percent of the votes in District 50. His challenger Stacy Hall received 1,446 votes in Stephens County and 49.93 percent of […]

Students in Stephens County return to school today for the start of Academic Year 2020-2021. Originally, the School System was scheduled to begin August 5; however, the Stephens County Board of Education decided to push the start date back one-week to allow faculty and staff to better prepare for the return of students. Stephens County School Superintendent Dr. Daniel Oldham […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday for its regular scheduled meeting and work session. During the meeting the board approved a motion authorizing Chairman Dennis Bell to sign the Fiscal Year 2020 Mauldin and Jenkins Engagement Letter for the 2020 audit. County Administrator Phyllis Ayers explained that following the 2020 audit, the three-year agreement with Mauldin and […]

Unofficial results for the General Primary Runoff in Stephens County. Republican State Senate District 50: Stacy Hall: 1,446 Bo Hatchett: 1,152 Democratic U.S. House District 9: Devin Pandy: 181 Brooke Siskin:68 Republican U.S. House District 9: Andrew Clyde: 1,658 Matt Gurtler: 933