The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
Extreme drought is creeping back into Stephens County. According to the latest drought monitor report issued on Thursday, extreme drought had reached back into western Stephens County. That is the second-most severe level of drought in the drought monitor report. Previously, all of Stephens County had been in severe drought with extreme drought limited to Habersham County. The eastern part […]
Read moreAn accident in Toccoa sends two people to the hospital. It happened around noon Thursday in Toccoa on Big A Road, in the area of McDonald’s and Farmers Home Furniture. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell says two vehicles were involved in the accident. Jarrell says that two people were transported to Stephens County Hospital as a result of the accident […]
Read moreNumerous Stephens County students recently represented the county in the National Junior Swine Association Southeast Regional and Winter Type Conference. That event took place from January 26 through January 29 in Perry at the Georgia National Fairgrounds. In all, 10 students participated in the event from Stephens County. They were as follows: • Selah Baker-Pre-K at Big A; 7th place […]
Read moreThe Franklin County Sheriff’s Office assists in the take-down of a multi-state drug ring. This week, United States Attorney Beth Drake announced that two members of a large, multi-state drug trafficking organization were sentenced back on February 9 in federal district court. Authorities said 36-year-old Mister T. Crocker of Columbia, South Carolina and 37-year-old Lashaun Fair of Anderson, South Carolina […]
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The city of Toccoa has new, computerized maps of its city cemetery. Monday, Toccoa City Clerk Fredda Wheeler made the announcement that her and staff from the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission had completed the re-mapping project of the Toccoa City Cemetery. “I am here to announce today proudly and boldly that the project is complete,” said Wheeler. “The software that […]
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Stephens County Commissioners deny a request to bring a private drive into the county road maintenance system at this time. On Tuesday, the Stephens County Commission voted unanimously to deny at this time a request to put Sunshine Ridge Drive onto the county road maintenance system. Sunshine Ridge Drive is located off of Prather Bridge Road, near Lake Hartwell and […]
Read moreSuspects wanted in Stephens County on charges are found in South Carolina. The Oconee County, South Carolina Sheriff’s Office said it occurred over the weekend when a deputy from the Uniform Patrol Division met with officers from Stephens County in regards to reports of three fugitives hiding in Oconee County. According to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, the officers responded […]
Read moreMost Stephens County schools get a four-star rating for last year. Last month, the Georgia Department of Education released the 2016 School Climate Star Ratings. The School Climate Star Rating System goes from one to five stars. All of the schools in the Stephens County school system received a four-star rating out of a possible five stars, except the Stephens […]
Read moreBy Charles Robertson, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Attorneys for Brent Shubert are expected to be back in Franklin County Superior Court this week to motion for a new trial. In December 2015, Shubert was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder and concealing the death of another in the 2013 strangulation death of his live-in girlfriend 33-year old Bonnie Ann Cooner […]
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Stephens County Commissioners decide to postpone a decision on a proposal to put poultry houses on a Freeman Creek Road property. Commissioners decided that at their meeting Tuesday at the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. The decision came following a two-hour-long public hearing on the proposal by William Hutto to operate eight poultry houses on his property at […]
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