Category: News

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office recently released a report of four individuals arrested for drug possession at a residence on Bel Air Drive. On Nov. 9, deputies from the sheriff’s office went to 38 Bel Air Drive in order to serve an arrest warrant on Mickey Richardson. On arrival deputies met with the homeowner at the front door, who allowed […]

Toccoa City Clerk Fredda Wheeler announced on Friday that due to the Toccoa City Hall being closed in observance of Thanksgiving, both Thursday and Friday, the garbage pick-up will be put-off until the following week. Routes for garbage and recycling scheduled to be picked up on Thursday, November 23rd will be picked up on Monday, November 27th and routes for […]

Southern Roots Salon comes to Downtown Toccoa. The newly vested hair salon is located at 36 Doyle Street, and open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting celebrating Southern Roots Salon participation with the city of Toccoa and Stephens County. […]

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced earlier this week that Georgia broke the 4.5-million jobs barrier in October, bouncing back from a job loss due to Hurricane Irma in September. The state posted 4,510,100 jobs for the month. The preliminary number is higher than Georgia’s previous record of 4,497,700 set in August. In September, Georgia had a temporary setback with […]

According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, the Sheriff’s Office located fugitive Lisa “Butterfly” Smith, 35, of Toccoa, on Nov. 14. Smith was located at 1st Class Storage on Scott Road in Eastanollee. The search started for Smith back in July of this year during the take down of a large illegal drug operation by the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement […]

Toccoa City Commissioners recently approved a first reading of the complimentary alcoholic beverages ordinance. However, some local business owners and residents came before the commission Monday night during the meeting each expressing concern. The main concern being the cost of the license required to serve complimentary alcoholic beverages; but also, the implications this new ordinance would have on local small […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners voted and approved to move forward with a motion to adopt an ordinance regarding occupation tax rate schedule. The occupation tax rate schedule would take the gross income of businesses and create a fee schedule on a tier system. For a business that brings in $0 to $200,000 annually would pay $100 for their […]

Stephens County investigators are looking into the death of a man killed by a freight train Tuesday. It happened about 11:45a Tuesday morning on Highway 145 near the 17 Bypass, according to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley. “When we arrived we observed a white, middle-age male lying on the tracks,” Shirley said. “CPR was already being performed by EMT’s. He […]