The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
North Georgia Technical College’s horticulture students earned top rankings at the 41st Annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition held at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah in March. The NGTC horticulture team placed 21st nationally, maintaining the college’s Top 25 rank for five consecutive years. NGTC competed against 63 other schools from both two-year and four-year colleges and major universities across […]
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The city of Toccoa is updating its comprehensive plan. Currently, the Toccoa Planning Commission has been meeting with the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission to do an update to that plan through a short-term work program. Toccoa Planning Director Connie Tabor said a comprehensive plan is something of a roadmap for the city to follow in the years ahead. “The comprehensive […]
Read moreMotorists traveling over the next several weekends in Georgia may feel some travel relief due to the restriction of construction-related lane closures statewide on Interstate highways. Georgia Department of Transportation Spokesperson Katie Strickland said that the DOT will be putting limits on those construction-related lane closures for Spring Break and Easter. “We are going to make the construction-related lane closures […]
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The investigation is ongoing into the theft of “Lindsey the Giraffe” earlier this month. Back on March 18, a person or persons stole the giraffe statue from in front of the Powerhouse for Kids facility on U.S. Highway 123 in Stephens County, where it has been located since it was installed there in 2012. Powerhouse for Kids is a child […]
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Details are out on a motorcycle accident Wednesday that left a Franklin County man injured in Stephens County. It occurred just before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday on Georgia Highway 328 East of Tower Road. According to the Toccoa post of the Georgia State Patrol, 77-year-old Carlton Jackson of Lavonia was traveling east on Highway 328 on a 2001 Suzuki motorcycle negotiating […]
Read moreBy Charles Robertson, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Franklin County man is indicted on murder charges after allegedly giving prescription narcotics to a Royston woman who later died. Last week, the Franklin County Grand Jury returned a true bill of indictment against David Allen Bragg on one count of felony murder and two counts of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. […]
Read moreBy Charles Robertson, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Changes to the Franklin County Poultry House Ordinance are now in effect. In Tuesday’s work session of the Franklin County Commissioners, a second reading of the new revisions to the county’s ordinance on poultry houses was given by Interim Director of Planning John Phillips. Phillips said that under the new ordinance, poultry houses in […]
Read moreStorms move through Stephens County. Periods of storms and heavy rain made their way through the region last night and early this morning. To this point, those storms left 1.89 inches of rain in downtown Toccoa. Neither Georgia Power or Hart EMC are reporting any areas with power outages at this point in Stephens County.
Read moreToday is the last day for Kindergarten Registration in the Stephens County school system. Registration will go from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Big A Elementary School. School officials noted that Kindergarten Registration is not done on a first-come, first-serve basis as all students registered will be attending Kindergarten. A child must be five years old on or […]
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One person is injured in an accident in Stephens County Wednesday. It occurred Wednesday afternoon on Highway 328 in Stephens County. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, a man went off the soft shoulder of Highway 328 and was ejected in the air about 50 feet before impacting the ground. Shirley said the man was airlifted to Northeast Georgia […]
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