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The Toccoa Police Department says it is continuing to investigate a series of counterfeit bills turning up throughout the city. According to Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell, the incidents have happened at various locations throughout the city over the past two to three weeks. “Roughly about $600 in counterfeit money has been passed at various businesses around the city,” said […]
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Authorities said that a fatal motor vehicle accident Monday in Habersham County took the life of a Toccoa man. According to the Toccoa post of the Georgia State Patrol, 64-year-old Paul Jonathan Tubbs of Toccoa was killed in the accident on Georgia Highway 365 South Monday morning. It occurred at about 6:08 a.m. on Monday, about one-tenth of a mile north […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia 9th District U.S. Representative Doug Collins is touring the District this month visiting small business owners who are developing their own Internet provider services. Last week, Collins was in Royston talking to the owners of Paladin Wireless. For many customers in northeast Georgia, Windstream is the only Internet service available and Collins has said […]
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The Georgia State Patrol has released the name of a man who led authorities on a multi-county chase Friday that ended in Stephens County. According to the GSP, 29-year-old Darren Adam Dawson of Commerce was the driver of the motorcycle that led authorities from Habersham and Stephens counties, as well as state troopers, on a chase from Habersham County into […]
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By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Rayfondia Craft and Kristen Odister, the two suspects charged in the murder of Lavonia business owner Samuel Harbin, remain in the Franklin County Detention Center without bond. Franklin County Magistrate Judge Cody Grizzle denied the couple’s bond last week shortly after their arrest. Harbin was found dead in his home on Gilmer Street on […]
Read moreThe numbers are out for each Stephens County School for the 2016-17 school year. Stephens County High School has 1166 students with 327 in the 9th grade, 318 in 10th, 297 in 11th, and 224 in 12th. Stephens County Middle School has 283 in 6th grade, 291 in 7th, 319 in 8th. The Middle School also has the 5th grade […]
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The Schaefer Center will soon be able to offer beer and wine for special events. The Toccoa Downtown Development Authority approved to file for a beer and wine license for the Schaefer Center at its meeting on Friday morning. Toccoa Main Street Director Connie Tabor explains. “Toccoa DDA approved the application process to be submitted to the Department of Revenue […]
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At Thursday night’s Stephens County Board of Education work session board members were presented with a resolution requesting the Georgia Department of Education’s assistance in developing a new five-year local facilities plan. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey explained to board members the importance of the resolution. “This is so we can involve them in our plan.” Said Dorsey “As […]
Read more50th District State Senator John Wilkinson and State Rep. Tom McCall of Elberton co-hosted the Joint Agriculture Chairman Ag Issues Summit in Perry last week. Committee members from the Georgia Senate and House of Representatives, several agency commissioners and other stakeholders were present. In a press release to WNEG, Senator Wilkinson expressed thanks to all that attended and participated, especially […]
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A high speed pursuit of a stolen motorcycle that began in Habersham County ended on the Toccoa By-Pass at Hwy 145 when Stephens County Deputies and Sheriff Randy Shirley accomplished a rolling roadblock. The incident occurred Friday night about dusk. Stephens County law enforcement joined the chase, which exceeded speeds of 110 miles per hour, at the Stephens County line […]
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