Category: News

An arrest has been made in the investigation into a child’s death in Rabun County. On Wednesday, June 26, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Jacklyn Frady, 26, of Clayton, and charged her with murder in the second degree and cruelty to children. Officials were called to the scene at a residence off Grapevine Lane regarding an unresponsive child, the […]

Federal and state law enforcement will aid Atlanta police, firefighters and paramedics July 4 to keep the city safe during the annual AJC Peachtree Road Race. Atlanta police and firefighters began preparation for the event months ago, officials said. The 10K race is turning 50 and is expected to bring more than 60,000 people to the city, according to The […]

Toccoa Main Street’s Second Annual Night at the Museums is today in Stephens County. The annual event gives citizens the opportunity to learn about the history of our community while enjoying a fun-filled evening that kicks-off with a movie at the historic Ritz Theatre. “Night at the Museums” starts at 3 p.m. and will run until 7 p.m. today. Main […]

St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital  in Lavonia has been designated as a Remote Treatment Stroke Center by the Georgia Department of Public Health Office of EMS and Trauma. The designation recognizes Sacred Heart’s quality care for stroke patients, especially its use of telemedicine to provide state-of-the-art emergency treatment locally. “The Department commends you and your staff for the commitment to […]

The Oconee County Coroner’s Office released new information after an autopsy was performed on human remains found earlier this week. Coroner Karl Addis called the victim Jane Doe, whose remains were found Tuesday in a creek near Beech Drive in Seneca. The remains are associated with the other remains found earlier this month nearby on Asbury Drive. Addis said the […]

An accident that occurred Tuesday morning in Toccoa ended with one vehicle coming to an uncontrolled rest down an embankment off Ga-17. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize the accident happened at 8:38 a.m. when a 2002 Dodge Ram pickup truck, driven by Andrea Alonzo Feater, 44, of Eastanollee failed to yield to the right-of-way of a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado, […]

Hunter Callahan is the featured performer for this weekend’s Ida Cox Concert series. Callahan, along with his band will bring his own unique style of Indie music to the stage Saturday evening at 8p in downtown Toccoa. Already an accomplished blues guitarist by the age of 17, Callahan began writing his own music and after a few years in the […]

A Stephens County native recently received academic recognition at a South Carolina college. Toccoa resident Joshua Ammon Palmer was one of 195 students who were named to the President’s Spring list at Tri-County Technical College, in South Carolina. To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be classified as a degree, diploma, or certificate-seeking student; earn at least […]

In Oconee County, SC an autopsy is scheduled for Thursday on human remains found in Seneca. More remains were discovered Monday near where the initial bones were found last week. Seneca Police Chief John Covington said about 35 searchers began looking in the area again Monday morning. Covington said a team of Seneca Firefighters found more human remains in a […]

Three local high school graduates are the recipients of the North Georgia Technical College Presidential Scholarships for 2019. They are Brayden Looney of Toccoa who graduated from Stephens County High School, Ava Rogowski of Martin, who is a graduate of the Stephens Couny Mountain Education Charter High School, and Isabel Parrish from Royston – a graduate of Franklin County High […]