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The Toccoa Main Street program receives special recognition from the state of Georgia. Last week, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs announced that Toccoa is one of five Main Street programs to be named in the first class of the Georgia Exceptional Main Streets, or GEMS, program. Toccoa was selected along with Bainbridge, Greensboro, Rome, and Valdosta. These five cities […]
Read moreToccoa City Commissioners will start off their year with their first regularly scheduled meeting later today. City commissioners are set to meet at 5 p.m. today at Toccoa City Hall. First on the city commission’s agenda for 2014 is the election of a mayor and vice-mayor for the upcoming calendar year. City commissioners vote among themselves to choose a mayor […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Lavonia industry is expanding. Last Thursday, Kautex officials announced the company will add another 95,000 square feet of warehouse space to its existing plant on Highway 17 South in what amounts to a $3.3 million investment. Kautex is a subsidiary of Textron, Inc., based in Bonn, Germany, and is considered one of the […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Board of Education continues to move ahead with selecting the next Superintendent for the School System. Last Thursday, the school board met with the search firm helping it through the process of finding a replacement for Sherrie Whiten, who is retiring at the end of March. Representatives from the search firm, King-Cooper and Associates of Thomaston, Georgia […]
Read moreThe Stephens County High School basketball teams get a split on a visit to the Inferno. Stephens County visited Elbert County Saturday in non-region basketball action. In the girls’ game, the Lady Indians used a strong second quarter to build a lead it would not relinquish in defeating the Lady Devils 48-29. Leading 13-8 after the first quarter, Stephens County […]
Read moreStephens County starts off region play with a split in Oakwood. The Lady Indian and Indian basketball teams traveled to take on Johnson High School Friday in the first Region 8-AAAA game for both teams. In the girls’ game, Stephens County trailed in the opening minutes but used strong rebounding and pressure defense to take control and beat the Lady […]
Read moreLocal legislators take time to preview the upcoming Georgia General Assembly session. 50th District State Senator John Wilkinson and 28th District State Representative Dan Gasaway were in Toccoa Thursday for a Legislative Preview breakfast organized by the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce. Both Wilkinson and Gasaway said they expect a short session for many reasons, especially the prospect of a […]
Read moreStephens County High School has a new baseball coach. Thursday, the Stephens County Board of Education voted to give the position to Greg McCall. All board members voted for McCall except Sandra Childs, who abstained from the vote. McCall has served as head JV baseball coach at Stephens County High School last year. He has also been head varsity baseball […]
Read moreThe Camp Toccoa property will host a special ceremony this weekend. A formal military change of command ceremony will take place at the Camp Toccoa site on CurraheeMountain Sunday at 11 a.m. Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Iacovelli is the outgoing commander. He said he will turn his unit over to his replacement at the ceremony Sunday. “I will be relinquishing command […]
Read moreThe Georgia Mountains Workforce Development Mobile Training Unit will stop in Toccoa today. It will be at the Toccoa-Stephens County Library on West Savannah Street in Toccoa from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. The mobile unit is an extension of the state’s one-stop workforce delivery system. The Georgia Mountains Regional Commission said the mobile unit provides computer/Internet access that […]
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