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Toccoa City Commissioners approve tearing down an old house for a local church. On Monday, the city commission unanimously approved a house demolition for Hill Street Baptist Church. “Hill Street Baptist Church would like to request that the city tear down the old house at 32 Hill Place and also to remove a tree that is on that lot,” said […]

A local board will not meet today as is its normal schedule to do so. The Stephens County Board of Commissioners have cancelled their meeting that was scheduled for today at 8:30 a.m. The next scheduled meeting for the Stephens County Commission will be on Tuesday, February 23 at 5:30 p.m. in the second-floor courtroom of the historic Stephens County […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Crime is down overall in Lavonia. That’s according to Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle, who presented his Annual Report for 2015 to the Lavonia City Council and Mayor Ralph Owens earlier this month. Carlisle said the lower crime rate is the result of a number of factors. “It was a year of low crime […]

Drivers who use either Interstate 85 in Franklin County or Interstate 985 in Hall County should be aware of road work taking place this week. The Georgia Department of Transportation said there will be temporary lane closures on I-985 in Hall County and I-85 in Franklin County, weather permitting, this week to accommodate work on replacing the changeable message signs on […]

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office is warning area residents to be on the lookout for tax scams. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said that his office is receiving a lot of calls regarding people who are being targeted by potential scammers. Shirley said that in the calls reported to his office, victims are being told they owe money to the […]

A local Zumba studio celebrates a new location. Thursday evening, the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting for Debbie’s Zumba and Fitness at its location in Bells Plaza. Debbie Stowe is the owner. She said Debbie’s Zumba and Fitness offers zumba and more for all ages. “We have been open here in Bells Plaza since May,” said Stowe. […]

Toccoa City Commissioners will gather today for both a work session and a regularly scheduled meeting. First, the city commission will meet at 4 p.m. today for a work session. There is one item on the work session agenda. That is discussion of usage of Alewine Park and Doyle Street Park. Following the 4 p.m. work session, the city commission […]

The cause of a Thursday fire in Toccoa remains undetermined at this time. That’s according to Toccoa Fire Chief Tommy Ayers. Crews from the Toccoa Fire Department, backed up by Carnes Creek Volunteer Fire Department, responded to an apartment complex on Pond Street Thursday morning for the blaze. Ayers says the fire appears to have started in the living room […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The city of Lavonia is working to chase off turkey buzzards bothering one of its neighborhoods. Last Monday, residents of Brookwood Drive flocked to the Lavonia City Council meeting to complain about the buzzard invasion. Recently, hundreds of turkey buzzards took up residence on the street of neatly manicured ranch homes, roosting on cars […]