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The city of Toccoa agrees to sell water to Banks County. Monday, Toccoa City Commissioners unanimously approved a Water Sales Agreement with Banks County. Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse said that the agreement sets similar parameters to what commissioners first discussed in August. “We will sell Banks County a minimum of 100,000 gallons a day,” said Morse. “We can provide […]
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The Toccoa Police and Fire Departments will soon be carrying a drug that can help save someone’s life if they are overdosing on opioids. Monday, Toccoa City Commissioners unanimously approved a second reading of a resolution approving the administration of naloxone by the Toccoa Police and Fire Departments. City commissioners approved the first reading of this resolution at their last meeting […]
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Today is the deadline for Georgia residents not registered to vote to do so in order to be able to vote in the November election. One way people can register to vote is by going to the Stephens County Registrar’s Office, which is located in the Stephens County Courthouse Annex on Tugalo Street in downtown Toccoa. All voter registration applications […]
Read moreStephens County Commissioners will meet this morning for a regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. and take place in the second-floor courtroom of the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. First, Stephens County Commissioners will hold two public hearings. According to the agenda, the public hearings are for first readings of an amended timber harvesting […]
Read moreBy Buddy Hardigree, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A great crowd turned out for Lavonia’s Night Out Against Crime Thursday night. There were inflatables and rides for the kids, hot dogs and sodas for everybody, and a chance to see some equipment like a fire truck, ambulance and a life flight helicopter up close. Also, it was a chance to talk to […]
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A major donation will help more major work take place on the “Camp Toccoa at Currahee” project. That project seeks to preserve the site of World War II Camp Toccoa on Currahee Mountain and use it to honor and remember the paratroopers that trained there. At this month’s Currahee Military Weekend banquet, Rick and Letha Phillips donated $25,000 to the […]
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Toccoa City Commissioners will consider an agreement to sell water to Banks County at their meeting later today. The city commission meets today at 5 p.m. at Toccoa City Hall. On the agenda for consideration by the commission is the consideration of a Banks County Water Sales Agreement. City commissioners first talked about a potential agreement with Banks County regarding […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Franklin County jury finds a Canon man not guilty of Homicide by Vehicle in the First Degree and Reckless Driving in 2015 deaths of two high school seniors. However, the jury did find 19-year old Samuel Parten guilty of Failure to Maintain Lane and Driving too Fast for Conditions. After a week long […]
Read moreFor the 113th consecutive quarter, Oconee Federal Savings and Loan has earned a five-star Superior rating from a national bank rating firm. BauerFinancial recently announced it had given Oconee Federal the five-star rating. Also, BauerFinancial said that Oconee Federal Savings and Loan has earned a “Best of Bauer” designation because it has maintained that five-star rating for at least 25 […]
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Drought conditions are worsening in Stephens County. According to the latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor, Stephens County has moved back into “severe drought” status. That is the third most severe level of drought on the Drought Monitor’s scale. Stephens County had left “severe drought” at the end of August and for the month of September had been listed […]
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