The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
The American Red Cross is encouraging eligible blood donors to donate blood this spring to ensure a sufficient supply for patients at approximately 2,600 hospitals across the country. Donated blood is perishable and must constantly be replenished to keep up with hospital patient need. Red blood cells are the blood component most frequently transfused by hospitals and must be used […]
Read moreMore details are available on an unusual accident in the City of Toccoa on Tuesday, March 28. According to reports, Toccoa police responded at 5:29 p.m. when a driver, turning right off of Big A Road onto Rose Lane, rolled out of his car when his door flew open, making contact with a car in the turning lane on Rose […]
Read moreU.S. Representative Doug Collins is responding to a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation that was recently lodged against Pease Air National Guard Base. The Base, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire serves as the 157th Air Refueling Wing of the U.S. Air Force. Freedom From Religion Foundation officials claim that prayers led by a chaplain at the base overstepped the separation […]
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A former Toccoa City Manager finds himself again out of a job. According to published reports, Mike Jackson was terminated as the interim City Manager in Villa Ricca on March 31 for alleged discrimination. A Fox 5 Atlanta I-team investigation reports that Jackson was hired by Villa Ricca officials in late February with the primary duty of helping the city find […]
Read moreA high-speed chase on Sunday led to an arrest and the discovery of $70,000 in Banks County. According to the Gainesville Post of the Georgia State Patrol, a trooper stopped a speeding vehicle Sunday night in the southbound lane of I-85 near mile marker 154. The trooper told AccessWDUN that the vehicle had reached speeds of up to 90 miles an […]
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Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President Julie Paysen won a Georgia Chamber Award. Each year, the Georgia Association of Chamber of Commerce provides scholarships to help Chamber of Commerce Professionals broaden their knowledge of the profession and their careers. At the GACCE Staff Development Conference held last week in Cartersville, Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President Julie Paysen received the […]
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Stephens County Hospital employees will now have different options regarding their insurance. Stephens County Hospital Administrator Lynne Anderson said the new plan will give the employee choices. “We’ll be offering two plans this year” said Anderson. “One plan is the current plan with the same type of coverage but a slightly higher monthly premium. The second plan is with a […]
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There is just 14 days left for taxpayers to file their 2016 federal income tax returns and the Internal Revenue Service is offering some last-minute reminders to make sure those returns are filed correctly and on time. According to IRS spokesman Mark Green, one of those last-minute tax tips is to not wait until the last minute. “Probably the most […]
Read moreNorth Georgia Technical College is hosting a backyard tour of Northeast Georgia on Thursday, April 6. The tour will give participants the chance to visit sites including Tugaloo Bend Heritage site, Currahee Military Museum, Toccoa Falls and more. There is a registration fee of $45, which covers registration, transportation, entrance fees tastings and lunch. The bus will depart from NGTC’s […]
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CHARLES ROBERTSON, WLHR Radio The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released numbers this week that project an 11 percent increase in the number of people on foot killed on U.S. roadways last year, compared to in 2015. The numbers represent the steepest year-to-year increase since record-keeping began, both in terms of number of deaths and percent increase. In Georgia, according […]
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