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Stephens County Hospital is discontinuing its drive-up testing site for COVID-19. According to Stephens County Hospital Chief Executive Officer Mike Hester, this is largely due to the declining number of people coming through the testing site. He says if you had previously planned on using this testing site, you should contact WorkWell Occupational Medicine and Immediate Care Clinic by calling […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 93 cases of COVID-19 in Toccoa-Stephens County. To date, Stephens County has had 1 death due to complications from COVID-19. Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 392 positive cases of the virus and 15 fatalities due to complications from the virus. Locally, at […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday for its regular scheduled meeting and work session, during which, the board approved a budget amendment to Fiscal Year 2020 for probate court and recreation. According to County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, the budget amendment for probate court is moving funds within the department; but for Recreation the budget amendment involves adding […]

Plans have been announced for the Stephens County High School Class of 2020 Virtual Graduation. On Friday, May 22, beginning at 5:00 p.m. Stephens County High School will hold the virtual graduation and broadcast it through its website at schs-stephenscountyschools-ga.schoolloop.com, and on its social media accounts. A formal Graduation Ceremony will be held on July 17 or October 16. Following […]

Today at the Georgia State Capitol, Governor Brian P. Kemp delivered the following update on COVID-19 in Georgia. “Good afternoon, everyone. I’m joined by Dr. Kathleen Toomey, General Tom Carden, GEMA Director Homer Bryson, General John King, and DCH Commissioner Frank Berry. Before we begin our weekly briefing, I want to provide an update on the Ahmaud Arbery case. Over […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 93 cases of COVID-19 in Toccoa-Stephens County. Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 387 positive cases of the virus and 16 fatalities due to complications from the virus. Locally, at Stephens County Hospital, staff have tested 689 individuals for the virus. Of those, […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners will meet this morning for its regular scheduled meeting and work session. The meeting will be conducted through teleconference. Anyone wishing to attend the meeting by teleconference can call in at 425-436-6345; after calling in, you’ll be asked to input an access code, that code is 585174. Up for consideration is a motion authorizing […]

The Stephens County Sheriff Office continues its search for a runaway teen. As of Monday, May 11, the Sheriff’s Office has yet to locate the juvenile. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, a report was filed on Monday, May 4, alerting deputies that the juvenile had run away from her residence on Bend N. Hickory Road. Missingkids.org posted a […]

The Toccoa City Commission received an update on the city’s plan to begin reopening its facilities during its meeting Monday. According to City Manager Billy Morse, the city has been working to create a plan to reopen City Hall, the Police Department, the Lake Toccoa Facilities and the Doyle Street Pool. However, Morse says the city will not open all […]

Today Governor Brian P. Kemp reported the lowest number of ventilators in use and COVID-19 positive patients hospitalized in Georgia since hospitals began submitting data to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA) on April 8. As of Monday, May 11, there are 881 ventilators in use, 1,134 COVID-19 positive patients hospitalized statewide, and 1,987 critical care hospital […]