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Today is Black Friday, traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year and the start of the holiday shopping season. As people head out to the stores or online this weekend and over the coming weeks, the Better Business Bureau of Northeast Georgia has some advice for those hunting bargains and deals. Better Business Bureau Spokesperson Mike Boynton said people […]

While many people are headed to the stores today for Black Friday, tomorrow is Small Business Saturday. It was started in 2010 by American Express as a way to encourage holiday shoppers to spend their dollars at small, local, independently owned businesses. Main Street Toccoa is joining many other communities in promoting Small Business Saturday. According to Main Street Director […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The show will go on at the Goff’s this year, despite the heavy rain in recent weeks. Every year, Robbie and Donna Goff, co-owners of World of Tires, have turned their farm on Starr’s Bridge Road into a Christmas wonderland that emphasizes the real reason for the season. And this year it opens once […]

Both Toccoa City Hall and Stephens County government offices are closed today in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. In the city of Toccoa, routes for garbage and recycling that were scheduled to be picked up yesterday will be picked up on Monday, November 30 and routes for garbage and recycling scheduled to be picked up today will be picked up […]

AAA said that in Georgia, more than one million people are expected to travel by car this holiday weekend. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said that if you are traveling by car this Thanksgiving, keep safety in mind when heading out on the highways. “We would like to remind motorists that when they leave for their destination, they should make […]

With the holiday season here, the American Red Cross says the need for blood is also here. American Red Cross Spokesperson Tiffany Taylor said during the winter months and especially around the holidays, blood donations tend to decline. “In the wintertime, we typically tend to have fewer donations made due to the time of year, because of holiday plans, travel, […]

The Stephens County Health Department will conduct Scoliosis screenings at Stephens County Middle School next month. On Thursday, December 10, health department staff will conduct scoliosis screenings for 7th and 8th graders at Stephens County Middle School. Scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, screening is designed to find abnormal spinal curvatures among children in grades 7 and 8. Health Department […]

Law Enforcement officials are still seeking information to identify the killer of a Franklin County businessman, as the three-year anniversary of his death approaches. Keith Ratliff, manager and co-owner of FPS Industries, Global, LLC, was found dead at his business in Carnesville, GA on January 3, 2013. Ratliff was discovered by an employee of the business in the early evening […]

Thanksgiving, for many, means cooking that big family meal. With that in mind, the National Fire Protection Association is offering some cooking safety tips for the holiday. The National Fire Protection Association says that Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires, noting that in 2013, there were 1,550 home cooking fires on Thanksgiving Day, 230 percent above the […]

North Georgia Technical College photography students were top winners at the Georgia Professional Photographers Association state convention in September held at Jekyll Island. Students Jordan Thomas received the Student Photographer of the Year Award and Frank Zayas earned second place in landscape. Meanwhile, North Georgia Technical College Professional Lab Assistant Georgia Zumwalt won first place in commercial and portrait of a woman; the Dick Dickerson Award for […]