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The Stephens County school system is still on track to move its central offices in the coming weeks. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey updated the Stephens County Board of Education on the move plans at its work session and called meeting on Thursday. Dorsey said that they are on schedule for moving to the old Big A School Building […]

Family Connection of Stephens County Executive Director Allyson Warren said the organization is excited about a new program it will be offering with a state grant. This week, the organization announced that it had received a state grant to provide the First Steps Georgia program in Stephens County. Only 19 agencies in Georgia received the grant. First Steps Georgia is […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A wreck in Franklin County leads to a manhunt and an arrest. It happened early Wednesday morning on State Route 51 when, according to Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post Assistant Commander Matt Baxley, a witness who saw the wreck tried to help the driver. Baxley said the witness who tried to help that driver […]

Georgia drivers should be on the lookout even more as the state moves into the main time of the year when deer are most likely to be on the move. That’s according to University of Georgia researchers who have completed a county-by-county analysis of when motorists should be more aware of possibly hitting a deer. The university says researchers looked […]

Reaction is coming in about the announcement regarding Holiday Inn Express in Toccoa. This week, the parent company for the chain said that Toccoa was approved for a Holiday Inn Express. Compnay officials said the hotel will be located on South Big A Road. A sign marks the location as the site of the former Host Inn. The old Host […]

Toccoa receives a visit from a young woman with local ties that is competing for a world crown. Alexandra Parker visited Stephens County earlier this week. She is Miss Earth Dominican Republic. Parker was born in the Dominican Republic, but grew up in Georgia. She said she was in Toccoa visiting family, as her dad lives here and her sister […]

Stephens County election officials say that people can now request paper absentee ballots for the municipal elections in both Toccoa and Martin. To request a paper, mail-in absentee ballot, voters should contact the Stephens County Registrar and Probate Court’s Office. That office is located in the ground floor of the Stephens County Government Building in downtown Toccoa. Voters can also […]

A local agency is receiving a grant to provide support for expectant and young mothers. Family Connection of Stephens County is one of 19 county agencies to receive a grant to provide the First Steps Georgia program in Stephens County. First Steps Georgia is a universal support service for expectant mothers and mothers of children ages birth to five. Topics […]

Stephens County Marshal Tom Bennett says that the county is still seeing problems with illegal dumping at the county’s convenience sites. Bennett says that the main problem the county is seeing is that people are dumping and leaving trash bags outside the gates of the convenience sites when they are closed for lunch hours or on Sundays. According to Bennett, […]