The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
Three people face charges after a drug investigation in Stephens County. On Thursday, the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office and Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office conducted a search warrant at a Defoor Road residence. As a result of that search warrant, authorities say they arrested 68-year-old Theodore Swilling, 57-year-old Bobby White, and 27-year-old Justin Holland, all of Toccoa. Swilling was charged […]
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February unemployment numbers from the Georgia Department of Labor show good news for Stephens County. According to those figures that the state released last week, Stephens County’s preliminary unemployment rate in February was 5.5 percent, which was down six-tenths of a percentage point from January and four-tenths of a percentage point from February 2016. Stephens County also saw an increase […]
Read moreBy Dick Mangrum, WGOG Radio, Walhalla A Stephens County resident is involved in an accident in Oconee County, South Carolina that leaves one person dead. The accident occurred Thursday afternoon on South Carolina State Highway 183. According to South Carolina state authorities, the accident occurred just before 1:30 p.m. near the High Falls Express convenience store. South Carolina State Trooper […]
Read moreMain Street Toccoa is getting ready for a new downtown event. The inaugural “Toast of Toccoa” will take place May 6 in downtown Toccoa. According to Main Street Toccoa Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby, “Toast of Toccoa” will combine the annual Currahee Artists’ Guild Spring Art Show with craft beer and wine tastings and more. “We have five different wineries from […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The Archway Partnership initiative will continue in Hart County. Last month, the Hart County Board of Commissioners approved the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Georgia to continue the partnership. Hart County Archway Partnership Liaison Anna Strickland told the board that the program has been successful in Hart County for […]
Read moreNorth 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 […]
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