Category: News

The Lavonia Clinic is welcoming a new staff member. Physicians and staff of Lavonia Clinic have announced Tara F. Brown as a new certified nurse practitioner at the clinic. Brown is a Franklin County native. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Georgia Southern University and the primary care nurse practitioner certification from Kennesaw State University. Her professional career […]

A fight between two people this week results in an arrest. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said officers were called to a residence on Tuesday night. “Officers were called to respond to a residence on South Pond Street,” said Jarrell. “When we arrived, our investigation revealed that a fight had taken place and one of the individuals involved had stabbed […]

Toccoa High School alumni will be back in town and get together this weekend. It is a Toccoa High School All-Class Reunion that takes place today and Saturday. Co-organizer Elwin Northcutt said that everything gets started tonight at the Elks Lodge in Toccoa. “Starting at 6 p.m., I would like to encourage everyone to come and attend that,” he said. […]

The Stephens County Indian football team may not have a game this weekend, but they will get together to help a good cause. There will be a “Meet the Indians” event Saturday at Captain D’s of Toccoa, in the Wal-mart Shopping Center. Brent Farrar is working with the Boys’ and Girls’ Club of Toccoa-Stephens County on this project. Farrar said Saturday’s […]

Reports indicate that a Stephens County man has been officially indicted in the death of his former father-in-law in Virginia. The Franklin News Post reports that Daniel Percy Arnot was indicted on a first-degree murder charge and 12 other charges related to the death of his former father-in-law, 66-year-old Brian Edward Foy, and several thefts in Franklin County, Virginia. According […]

A forum this morning will cover a proposed shooting range for the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office that has drawn numerous concerns from neighboring residents. The forum will run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Grand Jury Room of the Stephens County Government Building in downtown Toccoa. At the forum, Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said his office will […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District invites fourth-graders and their families to partake in the “Every Kid in a Park” initiative at Hartwell and Thurmond lakes. Corps officials said the newly launched federal program will provide all fourth-grade students and their families with free admission to Savannah Corps’ recreational areas and more than 2,000 federally managed sites nationwide. Fourth-graders can visit the “Get Your […]

Two people face charges from the Georgia State Patrol after getting into an accident at the Toccoa-Stephens County Airport over the weekend. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said it happened at about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday on the runways at the airport. According to the sheriff, there were four motorcycles riding on the runways and filming with cameras, and two […]

Authorities in the city of Toccoa and Stephens County are investigating a string of church break-ins over several weeks. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said that his office has had five church break-ins reported over the last two months or so within the city limits. Meanwhile, Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said his office has had seven break-ins reported over […]

The city of Toccoa is reporting some initial revenue numbers for the newly re-opened Links at Lake Toccoa. On Monday, Toccoa Finance Director Cathy Loudermilk told city commissioners that the golf course had collected $10,000 in its first week or so. Loudermilk said that almost 50 percent, or $4,625 of that, is memberships. Toccoa City Commissioner Jeannette Jamieson said that […]