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It’s an old scam, but Tuesday, the Georgia Department of Law’s Consumer Protection Unit said it is again receiving complaints about scammers posing as representatives from Publisher’s Clearing House. This scam swept through Stephens, Franklin and Hart counties several years ago and periodically resurfaces. Scammers call consumers and tell them they have won a big prize through the Publisher’s Clearing […]

Another production company has wrapped up shooting a movie inToccoa-Stephens County. Over the past several weeks, film crews, trucks and actors could be seen at various locations around the county. Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber Executive Director Julie Paysen said this is the fourth movie filmed here, and it is always exciting. “The fourth movie that we have had filmed here wrapped […]

The second of three services is set for today for former Governor Zell Miller. On Monday, a public memorial service was held in Zell’s hometown of Young Harris on the campus of Young Harris College. Today, there will be a celebration of life service for Miller at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in downtown Atlanta.. Afterwards, Miller’s body will be […]

With the warmer weather this spring and summer comes increased activity for both pets and wild animals. That’s why local health departments are urging pet owners to make sure their animals are vaccinated against rabies. Rabies is a deadly virus that both humans and animals can contract from infected wildlife or feral cats and dogs. There is no cure for […]

Now that the candidates are set for the May General Primary, the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce plans to host a political forum next month. Sponsored by the Chamber, WNEG, and the Stephens County Farm Bureau, the forum takes place Thursday, April 19th at 6p at the Ritz Theatre in downtown Toccoa. Executive Director Julie Paysen says they hope to […]

Last Wednesday, the Georgia State Patrol, Post 7, responded to an accident that claimed the life of Barbara Shirley, of Toccoa, and injured two-year-old Brayleigh Nally, of Toccoa. The single-vehicle accident occurred on Oak Valley Road around 2:25 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, when Shirley failed to maintain her lane, crossed the road and crashed into a tree. According to the crash […]

Statewide unemployment claims fell, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged in February, according to numbers released by the Georgia Department of Labor Thursday morning. The rate stayed constant at 4.5 percent. A year ago, the state’s unemployment rate was 5.2 percent. The national rate stayed at 4.1 percent in February. Monthly unemployment claims were 22,253, a drop of 54 percent […]

According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, the number of distracted driving crashes in Georgia has risen by more than 400 percent in the last decade. There were 25,215 crashes in the state last year where inattentive, cell phone or distracted was listed as the contributing factor compared to 5,784 such crashes in 2006. However, Georgia is now one step […]