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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Thursday that a preliminary finding showed that Clarkesville Mayor Dr. Terry Greene died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A GBI press release confirmed that Thursday morning. According to that press release, the GBI Medical Examiner issued the preliminary finding and said further forensic testing will be done before an official autopsy report is issued. […]

The Stephens County school system is still waiting on its audits for both Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015. Tuesday, Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey updated the Board of Education on the audit process. State auditors originally told the school board the Fiscal Year 2014 audit would be ready in August, then pushed it back until November because of a […]

A project to update the records for the Toccoa City Cemetery is nearing completion. Last year, the city commission agreed to have a full GPS inventory of the cemetery done, tie it into existing records, and computerize everything for the city to help simplify those records. Monday, Toccoa City Clerk Fredda Wheeler updated Toccoa City Commissioners on the project. Wheeler […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Franklin County’s Environmental Health Department is working with the company that owns a poultry operation on Toms Creek Road to eliminate a huge rat infestation. The company that contracted with the poultry farmer on Toms Creek Road is OK Foods, Inc. out of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Their parent company is Mexican poultry producer, Industrias […]

The Stephens County School System is going to look to add back one receptionist’s position for each of the county’s elementary schools. On Tuesday, the Stephens County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve advertising for and then adding the position for each of the schools. The positions had been cut as part of school system budget cuts over the […]

An investigation continues into a shooting incident last week that resulted in one injury in Toccoa. It happened on Friday at about 12:45 p.m. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said officers responded to a residence on South Alexander Street, where they found someone with an injury outside along the street. “When officers arrived, they met with Marcus Antoine Quillian, 25 […]

Two Stephens County High School students are among those nominated to the nation’s four service academies. On Tuesday, 9th District U.S. Representative Doug Collins announced the nominations of 24 students from the 9th District to the nation’s four service academies. From Stephens County High School, both Tiffany Haddock and James Carter have been nominated. Regarding the 24 nominees, Collins said […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia It’s official … Lavonia City Manager Gary Fesperman has retired. On Monday, a reception was held for Fesperman at the historic Lavonia Train Depot. Fesperman said he was touched by the response from the community to his departure and called his retirement bittersweet. “You look back at what you did and where the City […]

A Toccoa business makes a donation to the North Georgia Technical College Foundation. Recently, the North Georgia Technical College Foundation received a check for $5,000 from detective agency Phillips and Associates Inc. in Toccoa to be used for five $1,000 scholarships for students in the Criminal Justice Program at North Georgia Technical College. North Georgia Technical College Director of Institutional […]