Rotary Club hosts annual Top 5 Banquet tonight

The Rotary Club of Toccoa will host its annual Top 5 Banquet this evening at 6:00 p.m. at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center in Toccoa. Those students earning the coveted Top 5 percent title will be recognized at the banquet. Stephens County High School graduating seniors in the Top Five percent of the graduating class are awarded a $1,000 scholarship […]

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A Georgia Marijuana Grow Operation Dismantled, South Carolina Man Arrested

A sophisticated marijuana grow operation was discovered in Georgia, leaving a South Carolina man behind bars. Yesterday afternoon, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, South Carolina’s State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and Georgia’s Department of Public Safety executed search warrants in Georgia and South Carolina. According to authorities with ARDEO, the grow operation, found on […]

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Registration Now Open for Georgia DNR Boating Safety Classes

Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources and rangers with the Corps of Engineers Hartwell office are once again gearing up for a busy summer season on Lake Hartwell. As the weather warms, people are starting to get out on the water with boats and personal water craft, including first-time boaters and young people. This month, the DNR’s law enforcement division will […]

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Friday night chase ends in wreck

According to officials with the Georgia State Patrol, Post 7, a Friday evening incident involving a manhunt near Eastanollee, on Highway 17, ends when the suspect was caught by bloodhounds. On Friday evening the GSP was holding a highway safety check near Martin. During the check, an individual failed to stop, or even slow down as he approached the trooper’s. […]

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Early Voting Starts Today

Voters in Stephens County can begin casting their ballots in the May General Primary election today. Early voting starts today in Stephens County. Stephens County Registrar Bill Cochran says that polls will be open for the next three weeks prior to the May 22 election. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday from today […]

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Toccoa’s resurfacing project starts today

The City of Toccoa is scheduled to begin a resurfacing project this morning. The following streets, in no particular order, will be paved: Savannah Street, Skyline Drive, Myrtle Street, Lovell Circle, Archer Street, Oriole Street, Lovell Road, Price Street, William Street, Poplar Court, Nassau Street, Cypress Court, Poplar way, Flat Rock Road, Audubon, Queen Street, and Furman Street. During construction, […]

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Corps of Engineers Opens Day Use Areas This Week

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hartwell Lake Office will be opening a number of day-use and recreation areas around Lake Hartwell this week. On Tuesday, May1st, the Paynes Creek and Georgia River campgrounds in Hart County will be open on the Georgia side. On the South Carolina side, the Corps will open the Coneross and Oconee Point campgrounds in […]

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