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Efforts to recreate and re-install the historic Schaefer Center marquee in downtown Toccoa are about to really ramp up. At Thursday’s Main Street Awards at the Schaefer Center, Fox Theatre Institute representatives were on hand to present the city of Toccoa with a grant check of $46,295 to be used to help fund the marquee installation. Fox Theatre Institute Director […]
Read moreToccoa honors a number of businesses and individuals at its annual Main Street Awards ceremony. The yearly event last night at the Schaefer Center in downtown Toccoa brought city officials, downtown business owners, and others together to look back at the last year in downtown. Toccoa Main Street Director Connie Tabor said the city feels it is important to take […]
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A structure fire at a Lake Hartwell area home brings multiple departments out on a Thursday night. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said that the Big Smith, Martin, and Eastanollee Volunteer Fire Departments responded to a house fire at 47 Peninsula Court in Martin last night. Shirley said a sheriff’s deputy was first on scene and reported to dispatch that […]
Read moreFigures from the Georgia Department of Labor show that Stephens County’s unemployment rate stayed the same in the final month of 2015. According to numbers released Thursday, Stephens County had a preliminary unemployment rate of 5.7 percent in December. That is the same as Stephens County’s revised November unemployment rate and is a full percentage point lower than the revised […]
Read moreTime is running out in order to register to vote in the Presidential Preference Primary in Georgia that is coming up in March. Monday is the deadline to register to vote for the March 1 Presidential Preference Primary. There are a number of ways to register to vote. People can register to vote by going online to the Georgia Secretary […]
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Stephens County finds out its STAR Student. Casey Dale Ramsey, a senior at Stephens County High School, is the 2016 STAR Student for the Stephens County School System. That was announced this week by the local STAR program sponsor, the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce. Ramsey is the son of Ms. Lisa Ramsey. He said he was surprised to receive […]
Read moreStephens County Commissioners are going to get with another group to work on a possible sign ordinance for the county. Earlier this month, county commissioners began looking at sign ordinances in other counties with the thought of putting together a sign ordinance for Stephens County. Discussions on the issue continued at Tuesday’s Stephens County Commission meeting. County officials said that […]
Read moreToccoa City Commissioners accept annexation requests for two properties to enter the city limits. Tuesday, city commissioners unanimously approved annexation requests for 102 Cherry Street and 21 Midget Drive. Both requests were recommended for approval by the Toccoa Planning Commission. At 21 Midget Drive, developers say they plan to open a micro distillery. As a result, city commissioners zoned the […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The Royston Police Department continues its search for the suspects who stole two cars from Tri-County Chevrolet. A 1956 classic Chevy Bel-Air and a 2015 Dodge Challenger were stolen from Tri-County over the New Year’s weekend. Royston investigators, with the help of the Hart County Sheriff’s Office, located the cars late last week hidden […]
Read moreStephens County approves changes to the county’s nuisance ordinance to help enforce policies already in place at the county’s convenience sites. On Tuesday, the county commission approved the changes to the nuisance ordinance unanimously following a second public hearing and reading. According to Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, the changes to the nuisance ordinance have to do with putting more […]
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