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All Stephens County Schools are now qualified for the Community Eligibility Provision, or CEP, program offering free student breakfast and lunch meals.  Currently, Big A Elementary, Liberty Elementary, Toccoa Elementary, Stephens County 5th Grade Academy, and Stephens County Middle School participate in the free meal program. Stephens County High School students will receive free meals beginning with the 2024-2025 school […]

Tomorrow, May 11, Toccoa will honor the role trains, and the local train station, has played in the community’s history as the city celebrates Toccoa Train Day. The day-long event kicks off at sunrise when the southbound Amtrak Crescent Line pulls into the historic train depot at 6:45 a.m. The Depot, estimated to have been built in 1915, is located […]

A note from Stephens County Clerk of Superior Court Tim Quick: All jurors summoned for jury duty on Monday, May 13, need to report as scheduled to the Stephens County Government Building, 70 N Alexander Street, no later than 9 a.m.  Again, all jurors summoned to appear for jury duty for the week of May 13 do need to report […]

Two incidents on Interstate 85 near Lavonia yesterday injured several individuals and closed down the interstate for an extended period of time.  First, Two people were injured after a high-speed chase on Interstate 85 Northbound. According to incident details reported by GSP Post 52’s Sgt. J.R. Dean. at approximately 11:45 a.m., Troopers from Post 52 (Hartwell) were requested by the […]

According to Stephens County Schools Transportation Director Bradley Collins, All Stephens County Schools are Closed Today due to power outages.   NOTICE FROM STEPHENS COUNTY ELECTION SUPERVISOR BRUCE CARLISLE: VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE ON NORMAL SCHEDULE TODAY Carlisle told WNEG News that, despite the courthouse and downtown Toccoa being without power this morning, voting will still begin at 8 a.m. […]

Heads up that downtown Toccoa is dark. No power, no street lights. The traffic signals, at least the ones that I came across, were working. Railroad crossing arms, at least the one on Sage Street, are in emergency mode and are down and flashing even though there’s no train, so just be aware of that and detour around (to a […]

Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 1121 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-052-058-059-062>064-SCZ010-011-101- 102-104-105-100330- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Swain-Haywood-Graham- Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Anderson- Abbeville-Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greater Oconee- Greater Pickens- 1121 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 …TORNADO WATCH 214 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY… This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY […]

Yesterday morning, May, 7, just after 7:15 a.m., Habersham County Emergency Services and the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office responded to a wreck involving injuries on Talmadge Drive at Ga. 15 in Hollywood. The crash closed one southbound lane of Ga. 15 and the section of Talmadge Drive between Ga. 15 and Old Historic Highway 441 for about two hours. According […]