The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
Big A Elementary School will have a new principal next year. Dr. Phyllis Carson has announced her retirement effective on May 31 and it was accepted by the Stephens County Board of Education at their meeting on Tuesday. Also at Tuesday’s meeting, the Board of Education accepted the resignation of Stephens County High School Assistant Prinicipal and CTAE Director Natalie […]
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Stephens County Hospital is asking the Stephens County Commission to back $15 million in bonds in an effort to try and turn around the hospital’s financial situation. The county commission and Hospital Authority met Tuesday night in a called meeting. Hospital officials are asking for $5 million of that $15 million to be in the initial form of a short […]
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The new sound system at the Ritz Theatre at the Schaefer Center in downtown Toccoa is complete. City officials say that the new system was installed two weeks ahead of schedule. Christian Hamilton with Main Street Toccoa said the new system not only has surround sound for movies and a state-of-the art speaker and microphone system for concerts, but it […]
Read moreAn annual art show returns to downtown Toccoa this weekend. The Currahee Artists’ Guild will hold its annual “Meet the Artist Show and Sale” on Friday and Saturday at the Studio on East Doyle Street in downtown Toccoa. Deborah Hartley with the Currahee Artists’ Guild said that over 45 artists in a variety of media including oil, acrylic, watercolor, jewelry, […]
Read moreBy Charles Robertson, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A police chase Sunday morning on Interstate 85 ends with a crash and arrest. According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, 36-year-old Clifford Linsey of Atlanta drove off after being stopped for speeding on I-85 around 10 a.m. Sunday, leading officers on a chase towards the state line that eclipsed 100 miles an hour […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Hospital Authority and Stephens County Commission will meet tonight for a called meeting. Both boards announced the called meeting on Monday. Stephens County Hospital Administrator Lynne Anderson said the meeting is to allow the Hospital Authority to present a bond proposal for the county to consider backing the hospital on. “We have been talking with the county […]
Read moreWork is underway to repair some water damage at Stephens County Hospital. Hospital Administrator Lynne Anderson updated the Hospital Authority on that at its meeting on Monday. She said the water damage occurred back in the Fall. “Before Christmas, we had a regulator on a water main burst one night, so we got some flooding,” said Anderson. “It actually occurred […]
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Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley released more information recently on the arrest of three people in South Carolina that were wanted in Stephens County. Shirley said the three fugitives were three of four people wanted in connection with an early February incident. The sheriff said that incident occurred on February 4 at a residence on Cedar Drive. “Upon deputies’ arrival, […]
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Today is the deadline to register to vote in order to be eligible to vote in next month’s special election on approving or denying a renewal of the Stephens County school system’s E-SPLOST. Anyone who is not registered to vote must to do so by 5 p.m. today in order to be able to vote in the election next month. […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Labor’s Toccoa Career Center will host a job fair today for the state Department of Corrections. That job fair will start at 11:30 a.m. at the Toccoa Career Center on Foreacre Street in Toccoa. Arrendale State Prison is hiring Correctional Officers and Food Service Supervisors. Candidates can not have felony convictions and if selected for hire, […]
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