Category: News

  Three local fire departments responded to a fire at Southeast Metals and Recycling on Hwy. 123 in Toccoa this afternoon. Cory Bennett, Assistant Fire Chief of the Carnes Creek Fire Department told WNEG about the fire. “We got the call around 2 P.M. The Carnes Creek Fire Department, Shiloh Fire Department, and the City of Toccoa. The City of […]

Toccoa’s Black Lives Matter group will be holding a peace walk this weekend in Downtown Toccoa. On Saturday, beginning at 12 noon, the Peaceful Demonstration-March will begin at Emory Johnson Park, located on West Whitman Street. The route for the walk will start at Emory Johnson Park and continue to the ‘Welcome to Toccoa Sign’ on MLK Way. Everyone is […]

The City of Toccoa will reopen City Hall beginning next week. During the recent Toccoa City Commission meeting City Manager Billy Morse announced that the city is planning to have City Hall reopen to the public on Monday. “We are planning to open City Hall back up to the public next week. We will take all necessary precautions to sanitize […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR It’s going to be a time to celebrate in downtown Lavonia Saturday when the City of Lavonia holds a grand re-opening of their businesses and restaurants. The Lavonia Downtown Development Authority has been planning the major re-opening celebration of businesses in the downtown area for over a month. Originally, the weekend was to have kicked off […]

Today Governor Brian P. Kemp signed Executive Order 06.11.20.01 – Empowering a Healthy Georgia. The order addresses ongoing emergency response efforts for fighting the spread of COVID-19. Unless noted otherwise in specific sections, the order goes into effect at 12 AM on June 16, 2020 and runs through 11:59 PM on June 30, 2020. Sports: Effective June 16, professional sports […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 4 deaths in Stephens County due to complications from COVID-19. DPH is reporting that an 84 year old female died due to complications of the virus. Thursday afternoon the DPH website reported 148 positive cases in Stephens County and the 4 deaths. The site also reported two more deaths in Habersham […]

The results are in. On Wednesday afternoon, the Stephens County Elections Board reconvened to finish counting the absentee ballots from Tuesday’s election. Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober says the election went off without a hitch. For the Stephens County Sheriff Post, Stephens County residents have selected Incumbent Republican Randy Shirley to serve another term as Sheriff. Shirley received a total […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health continues to report 147 cases of COVID-19 in Toccoa-Stephens County. To date, Stephens County has had three deaths due to complications from COVID-19. Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 572 positive cases of the virus and 26 fatalities due to complications from the virus. Locally, at […]

A Toccoa Attorney has surrendered his license to practice law. According to the State Bar of Georgia Tim Healy has voluntarily surrendered his license following numerous alleged violations of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct. In a release issued on May 4, the State Bar of Georgia writes that Healy, who has been a member of the State Bar since […]

*Note: these totals NOW include the Absentee Ballot results, Advance In-Person, and Election Day totals. Stephens County’s unofficial election results for Stephens County Sheriff: (I) Randy Shirley (R) – 3,615 Rusty Fulbright (R) – 1,936 Stephens County’s unofficial election results for 50th District State Senator: Andy Garrison (R) – 337 Dan Gassaway (R) – 998 Stacy Hall (R) – 1,326 […]