Category: News

The Savannah District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it will conduct limited engineering and operations tests on spillway gates at Hartwell Dam today. Savannah District workers will conduct the tests during the morning beginning at approximately 10 a.m., but unlike previous tests conducted at full pool, the test at Hartwell Dam will only have a few gates […]

Reports indicate that a sex offender in Jackson County is behind bars after being located in Stephens County after more than nine months on the run. According to a report on accessnorthga.com, Jackson County Sheriff Janis Mangum says that 32-year-old Julius Lafayette Sewell was not living at the Nicholson residence he listed on the sex offender registry. Accessnorthga.com reported that […]

Charges are pending against an individual in Stephens County after nearly 40 dogs were seized from their property on Friday. Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter Director Jeff Roberts says that Toccoa-Stephens County Animal Control, the Georgia Department of Agriculture, and the Atlanta Humane Society went to two properties on Prather Bridge Road owned by the same individual Friday afternoon. Roberts said […]

Toccoa City Commissioners are set to consider a joint intergovernmental agreement with Stephens County that would cover the paving and maintenance of Memorial Drive at their meeting later today. The Toccoa City Commission is set to meet at 5 p.m. today at Toccoa City Hall. Stephens County Commissioners approved this modified agreement on August 11 after tabling an original agreement […]

A northeast Georgia woman will lead the State Transportation Board for the upcoming year. Last Thursday, the State Transportation Board elected its executive leadership team. Emily Dunn of Blue Ridge was named chairman. Dunn represents Georgia’s 9th Congressional District on the State Transportation Board. She is currently board vice chairman, chair of the Communications Committee, and serves on six other […]

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 […]