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The Toccoa Stephens County Chamber of Commerce hosted its 20th Annual Golf Classic, Friday May 12th at the Currahee Club. President of the Chamber Julie Paysen said that the there was a lot of participation this year. “We had 25 teams this year, teams of four, and those spots had been booked up for over a month,” said Paysen. “So […]
Read moreThis is National Peace Officers Memorial Week. Monday was National Peace Officers Memorial Day and in Washington DC and around the country, law enforcement agencies lowered their flags to half staff in remembrance of fallen officers. Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas is remembering two deputies who died in the line of duty. “In accordance for federal law and observance of the […]
Read moreIn Banks County, a Commerce man is behind bars on multiple charges. According to the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, the arrest came on May 10 when multiple search warrants were served at various homes in Banks and Jackson counties. Spokesman Mitchell Posey tells WNEG News Banks County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a TPO violation at a home on McDonald […]
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Toccoa Falls College announces Dr. Dale C. Garside as the 2017 Recipient of the Vulcan Materials Teaching Excellence Award. Garside has graduate degrees in French and Spanish, is fluent in five languages and has decades of overseas experience in cross-cultural contexts. He has also written comprehensive two-year textbooks for beginning and intermediate French and Spanish as well as course materials […]
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The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning is providing free meals for children 18 and under throughout the summer. The service is provided through the Summer Food Service Program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Director of Nutrition Services for the Department of Early Learning and Care Falita Flowers said that the program provides free meals […]
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The Stephens County Board of Education will hold its regularly scheduled meeting this evening at 5:30 p.m. On the agenda is a fiscal year 18 budget hearing, a graduation update, a financial report for the April budget and SPLOST activity, approval of school codes of conduct and the nutrition program. The meeting is located at the district office and is […]
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The Steve Stovall Music Scholarship Foundation will send four Stephens County High School Band members to Summer Band Camp. The Foundation was established in 1974 in memory of Steve Stovall who was student conductor of the band. Almost $250,000 has been given to support the Stephens County band program and its students, and according to Brent Stovall, chairman of the […]
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The Georgia Department of Labor will host its quarterly veterans workshop Tuesday, May 23rd from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. The workshop will be at the GDOL’s Toccoa Career Center located at 37 Foreacre Street. Communications Director for the State Department Sam Hall said that the workshop is to help veterans get jobs. “The State Department of Labor conducts ongoing […]
Read moreThe Georgia Visitor Information Center in Lavonia will host Georgia On My Mind Day on Friday, May 26 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Manager of the Visitor Center Jeanne Boteler said that this event shows off the best of Georgia. “We invite partners, which are people like Stephens County, Rabun County, destinations, attractions, properties,” said Boteler. “They’ll set up […]
Read moreStudents from North Georgia Technical College received honors at the Georgia SkillsUSA Championships in Atlanta. 31 students traveled to the competition with 17 of them winning awards. Three students placed first, accompanied by 11 second place winners and 3 third place winners. First place winners included Andrew Franklin of Bethlehem, Georgia, in Marine Service Technology; Akayla Campbell of Mineral Bluff, […]
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