The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
If you are struggling with cancer or have a family member or loved one with cancer, you will want to take time this evening to attend a special dinner event at Lavonia First Baptist Church. The Power of Hope – a local non-profit group that raises money to help cancer victims and their families is holding their annual “Focus on […]
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The Stephens County Commission is meeting this morning at 8:30 a.m. at the Stephens County Historical Court house. On the agenda includes a public hearing on the FY 18 budget, a work session and regular meeting to follow. During the regular meeting, the commission will be considering several motions regarding a number of different things including insurance renewals for county […]
Read moreThe Rabun County Sheriff’s Office and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office executed a search warrant at 4 Cotton Lane after a two-month investigation on June 7. Rabun County Authorities found marijuana, schedule IV pills and a firearm hidden inside the residence along with additional schedule IV pills, a large amount of packaging material and scales hidden in the yard. […]
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The Toccoa City Commission appointed new members to the Housing Board and the Historic Preservation Committee last night at their regularly scheduled meeting as well as extended City Manager Billy Morse’s contract. Member of the Housing Board, Gary Lance’s term is expiring and the commission approved Dave Stancil to take his place. Morse describes what the purpose of the Housing […]
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The Stephens County Commission will hold their regularly scheduled meeting tomorrow 8:30 a.m. and on the agenda is the first public hearing on the FY 18 budget. Finance Director Phyllis Ayers said that the budget they are facing leads to difficult decisions because the county has no new revenues. “We have a significant amount of increases that people need to […]
Read moreLast week, Congressman Doug Collins voted in favor of H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act, which helped the bill pass the House of Representatives by a margin of 233-186. The Financial CHOICE Act reverses many of the regulations established by the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010. According to Collins, the Dodd-Frank Act established inconsistent regulations that have burdened community banks and […]
Read moreA fatal wreck occurred in Franklin County last week. According to Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas it happened Tuesday night on New Bethel Road. “Tuesday night, Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputies and GSP responded to an accident in the New Bethel Church community,” said Thomas. “One vehicle, two occupants in the vehicle, the driver, Kayla Cobb was arrested and carried to […]
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The Toccoa City Commission will have a regularly scheduled meeting this evening at 5 p.m. On the agenda includes consideration of appointments to the Toccoa Housing Board, Historic Preservation Committee and a consideration of an extension of the City Manager’s contract. There will also be a consideration to approve a proclamation that Toccoa is a film-friendly city. The meeting will […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Labor’s career centers are hosting a recruitment for Amazon’s facility that will be opening in Jackson County on August 1. Amazon is looking for 700-1,000 warehouse workers for the new distribution facility. Recruitments will be today and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at both the Athens and Gainesville career centers. Representatives from Amazon will […]
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Officials blocked off Doyle Street in Downtown Toccoa for approximately 90 minutes between 5 and 7 p.m. Friday night when what was described as a “suspicious package” was discovered. The Toccoa Police and Fire Departments were quickly on the scene and the GBI Bomb squad was called in. “The Special Agent with the GBI was able to inspect the suspicious […]
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