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The City of Toccoa is getting ready to start their budget planning process for Fiscal 2020. At their meeting Monday night, City Commissioners approved the budget calendar. City Manager Billy Morse says there are a number of steps to go through to prepare the next City budget. “The department heads will put their budgets together in February. Then in March […]

The hearing for the second lawsuit brought by Dan Gasaway will reconvene Wednesday in Banks County Superior Court. Testimony got underway Monday before Senior Super Court Judge David Sweat in a suit that claims there were numerous voting irregularities in the December 4th Special Primary election between then Incumbent State Representative Dan Gasaway and challenger, Republican businessman Chris Erwin. Erwin […]

Don’t rush out for milk and bread just yet.  The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg is not expecting Stephens County to get much of the snow that will be moving through Tuesday. A fast-moving storm system will blow through our area Tuesday bringing with it the chance for some snow flurries in the afternoon. While the metro Atlanta area and the […]

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A second lawsuit filed by former 28th District State Houses Representative Dan Gasaway begins today in Banks County Superior Court. The suit contests the results of the December 4th Special Primary. Gasaway lost the Special Primary to Republican businessman Chris Erwin by just two votes. Erwin was sworn in as the new District 28 Representative on January 14 at the […]

A Toccoa woman is behind bars after Deputies with the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office attempted to serve arrest warrants to a Toccoa man at her residents. The man continues to evade arrest. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, Investigators with his office traveled to 22 Pineview Road in an attempt to serve a State Probation/Parole arrest warrant on James […]

Toccoa honors a number of businesses and individuals at its annual Main Street Awards ceremony. The yearly event last night at the Historic Ritz Theatre at the Schaefer Center in downtown Toccoa brought city officials, downtown business owners, and others together to look back at the last year in downtown. Toccoa Main Street Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said the city […]

North Georgia Technical College is now accepting entries for the 23rd annual Manufacturing Appreciation Week (MAW) student design competition. The competition is open to all elementary (K-5), middle (6-8) and high school (9-12) students in Georgia. The MAW Student Design Contest is held annually in conjunction with Manufacturers’ Appreciation Week (April) and is designed to promote awareness of the important role […]

A Toccoa resident and student at North Georgia Tech is the grand finale winner of the second annual Open Mic Monday contest at the Ritz Theatre. Ritz Theatre General Manager Danita Gaudette said December winner Krystina Littleton won the grand prize. Littleton sang two songs for her finale performance, “Don’t Hide” by Billie Eilish and “Stone Cold” by Demi Lovato. […]