Category: News

Authorities have released more information about an accident last week on the Toccoa By-pass. It happened on Wednesday at about 8:45 a.m. at the intersection of the By-pass and Memorial Drive. According to the Toccoa post of the Georgia State Patrol, a 2013 Hyundai Accent driven by 81-year-old Charlotte Asher Williams was traveling west on Memorial Drive and was stopped […]

Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter Director Jeff Roberts said that a fox that was killed last week in Stephens County did test positive for rabies. Roberts said that the fox was found on West Currahee Street near the old Toccoa Casket Company property. According to Roberts, a woman was attacked by the fox and bit before people nearby killed the fox. […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia We could see extremely low water levels on Hartwell Lake come this fall because of a lack of rainfall this summer, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it is also preparing for a record flood stage levels come winter. It’s a strange case of two extremes coming one after the other.  First, […]

The city of Toccoa is announcing details about the plans for the opening of the city golf course next month. September 3 is the scheduled grand opening date for the Links at Lake Toccoa as it is unveiled following months of renovations. Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse said that the course will be ready for its opening day. “We have […]

A woman is recovering after being bitten by a fox earlier this week. Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter Director Jeff Roberts says that it happened on West Currahee Street near the old Toccoa Casket Company property. Roberts says the woman was attacked by the fox and bit before people nearby killed the fox. He says the fox was sent off for […]

People looking to participate in a deer quota hunt this fall need to take the time soon to fill out an online quota application. That’s according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. The DNR says those applications must be received before midnight September 1. Deer quota opportunities include hunts on wildlife management areas and state park […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia U.S. Department of Agriculture officials say they are impressed with a disinfecting sprayer system for vehicles entering and leaving poultry farms that was developed by a Lavonia businessman. Officials with the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Atlanta office were in Madison County recently to view the system first-hand and to see how […]

The Stephens County school system will try to have the state complete two audits in one year to get the school system caught back up. On Tuesday, Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey told the Board of Education that he would like to see that happen. Currently, the Stephens County school system is waiting for state auditors to conduct the […]

Stephens County Hospital is getting ready for a mandatory survey coming up in the next year. Every three years, the hospital must perform what is called a Community Health Needs Assessment. Hospital Administrator Ed Gambrell said that the assessment is required under the Affordable Care Act and is actually looked at as an Internal Revenue Service requirement for the hospital. […]

A downtown building owner uses some weekend signage to voice frustration. On Saturday afternoon, a sign went up on the front of a building owned by Robert Crumley in downtown Toccoa, the former Green’s Department Store at 26 Doyle Street. The sign said “No Welcome Mat in Toccoa.” When reached this week about the sign, Crumley said only that the […]