Category: News

Georgia roads claimed 21 lives over the 54 hour Labor Day holiday travel period this year.  Between 6 p.m. on Friday, September 1, and 11:59 p.m. on Monday, September 4, Georgia State Patrol Troopers responded to eight fatal crashes resulting in nine deaths, including one in Stephens County. County and municipal law enforcement officials statewide investigated seven fatal wrecks resulting […]

Members of the Stephens County Planning Commission, at Tuesday’s meeting, voted to recommend to the Stephens County Board of Commissioners that they approve a request for what would be the county’s first Planned Unit Development. Stephens County Administrator Christian Hamilton said that Planned Unit Development zoning is a successful land use concept used throughout the country, but that it is […]

Candidates who qualified to run for election in the upcoming municipal elections for the city of Toccoa and the Town of Martin have been invited to participate in a Town Hall  meeting, hosted by the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce. The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 2 at the Historic Ritz Theatre, 166 West Doyle […]

The Stephens County Board of Elections and Registrations will hold a called meeting on Tuesday September 12, to determine a schedule of events required by Georgia law for the November General Municipal elections for the City of Martin and the City of Toccoa.   The board will also enter into executive session to discuss pending legal litigation.   The meeting will be […]

A fire that destroyed a vehicle and damaged a metal shop building in Rabun County has been ruled as arson, Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King  announced yesterday (Sept. 6). The fire occurred on September 1, just before 4:30 p.m.  King stated, “The fire was intentionally set in a vehicle parked on a property in Green Street […]

Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of a double-homicide shooting that occurred outside a Hartwell nightclub, and the Hartwell Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation still need the public’s help in cracking the case.   Hartwell Police Chief Anthony Davis says the case has gone completely cold.  Davis has been in law enforcement for 35 years, all with the Hartwell […]

Tomorrow is the deadline for small business owners to apply for the NAACP and Leslie’s Certification Boost Grant Program.  According to program specifications, “Certifications and official designations can help businesses realize new opportunities to grow. But obtaining these certifications often requires additional resources that can strain small businesses.  Under this program, $5,000 grants will be awarded to deserving entrepreneurs to […]

Announcement from Stephens County Clerk of Court Tim Quick: All jurors summoned to appear for jury duty for Monday, Sept. 11, do not need to report. All cases have been settled for the week.

Stephens  County Sheriff Randy Shirley has reported on an arrest recently carried out by Stephens County Deputies.  On August 25, Deputies with Stephens County Sheriff’s Office were conducting concentrated patrols when a Stephens County Sheriff’s Office STING K9 Unit saw a Blue Dodge Ram 1500 with a broken taillight driving down Big A Road.  The K9 Deputy pulled the pickup […]

Toccoa Community Development Director Connie Tabor was recently recognized at Georgia Downtown Association’s awards ceremony at the Georgia Downtown Conference, where Tabor was awarded the “Main Street Hero” award of Excellence.  A press release on the award states, “Tabor pioneered the management of Downtown Toccoa’s Main Street Program, created in 1990, when she was designated as Toccoa’s first Main Street […]