Category: News

Stephens County honors local leaders and legacies. Thursday night, this year’s Leadership Toccoa-Stephens County class honored five individuals at the 1st “Leaders and Legacies” banquet at the Georgia Baptist Convention Center in Toccoa. The goal of the banquet was to honor five people who grew up in Stephens County and have returned to stayed in Stephens County and made positive […]

The Georgia Department of Labor has released preliminary unemployment numbers for the month of August. According to those figures last week, Stephens County had a preliminary unemployment rate of 6.3 percent in the month of August. That is six-tenths of a percentage point below the revised July rate of 6.9 percent and 2 whole percentage points below the revised rate […]

Toccoa City Commissioners will meet today for a regularly scheduled meeting. That meeting is set to start at 5 p.m. at Toccoa City Hall. There are two items on the agenda for today’s city commission meeting. First, city commissioners will consider a series of Fiscal Year 2015 budget amendments. Second, the city commission will receive a report from the Chairman […]

50th District State Senator John Wilkinson will host a series of round table meetings with elected officials in Habersham County next month. Meetings will take place on Tuesday, October 6th with officials from Habersham County, as well as with officials from the cities of Cornelia and Demorest. The public is welcome to attend and listen to the round table meetings. […]

The annual March of Dimes is this Saturday in Toccoa. Something new this year is a 5k run/walk starting at Boyd Field. March of Dimes Co-Coordinator Leon Womack explains “registration starts at 9 just like the sign up for the March for Babies”; says Womack “The race starts at 10. The route will be past the Baptist Church on to […]

The holidays are approaching, and though a couple of months away Fred Elsberry with the Better Business Bureau says that it is now that you should seek part-time employment. “Once retailers decide what their needs are they get in a hiring mode and it will be hard to get in front of store managers” says Elsberry; “Get your application in. […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District will waive all day use fees for visitors during Fee-Free Day this Saturday, September 26, which held in conjunction with National Public Lands Day. Also, the Corps says National Public Lands Day volunteers are additionally eligible to receive a fee-free coupon valid for one year from the issue date. Corps officials say Fee-Free Day covers […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia 50th District State Senator John Wilkinson is the recipient of an award from the Association of County Commissions in Georgia. At the regular Franklin County Board of Commissioners meeting Monday evening, Shaun Adams, Associate Legislative Director for ACCG presented their 2015 Legislator of the Year award to Wilkinson. Adams said the award was for […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A possible candidate for the Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s race is now under investigation by the State. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations that Banks County Assistant District Attorney Sam Skelton may have removed items from the Banks County Sheriff’s Office evidence room. According to a report on Mainstreet.com, Piedmont […]

Everything is back to normal at Big A Elementary School. According to Principal Phyllis Carson there was a gas like odor in a small area of the school this morning. Carson says the building was evacuated for the caution and safety of the students and staff, and the fire department was notified. According to Carson, the fire department gave an […]