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A Tennessee man faces drug charges in northeast Georgia after authorities arrested him earlier this month. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the North Georgia Drug Task Force and the Lavonia Police Department arrested 33-year-old Travis Shelton Courtner of Tennessee for Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Possession of Xanax, Giving False Name and Date of Birth, and two counts of Obstructing […]
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Stephens County sees a jump in its unemployment rate in the month of July. According to figures released last week from the state Labor Department, Stephens County had a preliminary July unemployment rate of 6.6 percent, up six-tenths of a percentage point from June’s 6 percent. The July rate in Stephens County was three-tenths of a percentage point lower than […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Now that school is back in session, the Internal Revenue Service is warning college students of a new kind of scam designed to get their money and their personal information. The IRS said impersonators are calling students pretending to be from the agency and demanding that they wire money immediately to pay a “federal […]
Read moreA local church will continue to use the Schaefer Center for the next year. On Friday, the Toccoa Downtown Development Authority unanimously approved a lease for Crosstown Church to use the Schaefer Center for 2017. DDA members had tabled the matter previously at their last meeting on August 12. Toccoa DDA Chair Clint Sanders said that some of the DDA […]
Read moreThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hartwell Lake Office will open four of its larger recreation areas for archery and small game hunting during the regular 2016-2017 Georgia hunting season. That includes the Jenkins Ferry Park in Stephens County, as well as the Paynes Creek Park, New Prospect Park, and Hartwell Dam Quarry Area, which are all in Hart County. […]
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Downtown Toccoa officially lights up the new Ritz Theatre marquee at the Schaefer Center. City and state officials, local residents, and others gathered Thursday evening in front of the Schaefer Center in downtown Toccoa to turn on the new marquee that graces the front of the building. Toccoa Mayor Evan Hellenga said that the renovations of the Schaefer Center, including […]
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Drought conditions continue to lessen in Stephens County. The latest drought monitor report released Thursday shows that much of Stephens County has moved out of severe drought and is now in moderate drought. Southern areas of Stephens County near the Franklin and Banks County lines remain in severe drought. Also, parts of Franklin County, Banks County, and southern Habersham County […]
Read moreAuthorities have released details of an accident Wednesday at the intersection of the Toccoa By-pass and Memorial Drive in Stephens County. The accident occurred at 2:46 p.m. on Wednesday. According to the Toccoa post of the Georgia State Patrol, a 2007 Ford Explorer Sport driven by 73-year-old Betty Parker Hart of Carnesville was traveling eastbound on Memorial Drive, while a […]
Read moreBy Dick Mangrum, WGOG Radio, Walhalla Stephens County volunteer firefighters were among those on scene Wednesday night at a fire in Oconee County, South Carolina. According to Oconee County, South Carolina Fire Chief Charlie King, crews got the call at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to respond to a fire at 8541 Toccoa Highway, or U.S. Highway 123, across from the […]
Read moreDowntown Toccoa will play host to a health walk this weekend. Family Connections of Stephens County and Main Street Toccoa are partnering to sponsor the health walk around downtown Toccoa. Main Street Toccoa Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said the walk will start Sunday at 3 p.m. “Sunday afternoon, we are gathering together with some families and friends and meeting in […]
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