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Oconee County, South Carolina Coroner Karl Addis has released autopsy information on two of the victims of last Friday’s plane crash. Addis said that the pilot, 71-year-old Charles D. Smith of Warsaw, Indiana died of multiple injuries due to blunt force trauma. Meanwhile, he said one of the passengers, 44-year-old Scott A. Smith of Warsaw, Indiana, died of a fractured […]

Toccoa officials said heavy rains were to blame for a sanitary sewer spill at the Ward Creek Liftstation. It started at about 1:35 a.m. on Sunday when city personnel said they located an overflow condition coming from a manhole located just outside the fenced area of the Ward Creek Liftstation. City officials said the overflow stopped at about 3:30 a.m., but […]

Stephens County and Toccoa city officials said that downed trees were the major problem this past weekend with heavy rain that moved through the area. According to County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, the county seemed to fare pretty well this past weekend, especially when compared to neighboring counties. Ayers said she feels the county was prepared before the rain and wind […]

Two people face charges after they were allegedly caught in the act of burglarizing a Stephens County residence. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said that deputies were called to a Hayes Road residence over the weekend after getting a call of suspicious activity. “Once my deputies arrived on scene, they found two people and arrested them,” said Shirley. “They had […]

Firefighters said it appears an electrical problem may have caused a fire to erupt at Morgan’s Hardware in downtown Lavonia over the weekend. It happened about 10 a.m. on Sunday. Lavonia Fire Chief Scott O’Barr said his station was quick to respond. “This morning we received an alarm through 911 of a possible fire at Morgan’s Hardware,” O’Barr said Sunday. “When […]

The city of Toccoa begins a new series of historic plaque dedications in downtown Toccoa. Main Street unveiled the first historic plaque in its 2015-2016 series last Thursday at the building that currently houses Watson Tire on South Alexander Street. City officials said this building was built in 1919 and originally housed Carter Wholesale. According to Main Street, Carter Wholesale […]

Four people are confirmed dead by authorities after a plane crash Friday afternoon on Lake Hartwell along the Stephens County and Oconee County, South Carolina border. This weekend, the Oconee County, South Carolina coroner identified the four individuals who died. They are the pilot, 71-year-old Charles D. Smith of Warsaw, Indiana and three passengers, all of Warsaw, Indiana; 44-year old […]

Rain affects this year’s Currahee Military Weekend. This weekend, Toccoa and Stephens County hosted the 15th annual weekend that honors the World War II paratroopers that trained at Camp Toccoa. Because of the rain that fell throughout the day Friday and Saturday and even into Sunday morning, a host of activities out at the airport did not take place. In […]

Stephens County Schools will be open on a normal schedule today. However, Habersham County Schools are closed today. That is as northeast Georgia tries to dry out after days of heavy rain. From 7 a.m. Thursday all the way through now, downtown Toccoa received 7.54 inches of rain. The rain, accompanied Sunday with winds, caused hundreds of trees to fall […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The statue of Royston native and baseball Hall Of Famer Ty Cobb will not be relocated to the new SunTrust Stadium in Cobb County. According to a report by WXIA-TV/11Alive News, the Braves are planning to take hundreds of items from Turner Field to their new stadium in Cobb County, including many of the […]