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By Charles Robertson, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A police chase in Franklin County ends in a wreck on Interstate 85 and causes minor injuries for Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas. It happened Wednesday night after a man listed as having an Alaska address fled from Franklin County Sheriff’s Office deputies on Interstate 85. Authorities said the chase started when deputies were […]
Read moreToccoa unveils the latest in its series of historic plaques. On Thursday, January 5, the Chattel Shop and Phyllis’ Hairworks received the third historic plaque in the 2016-2017 series of plaques dedicated to downtown buildings. This location is the previous home of McCurry’s Men’s Shop. Main Street Toccoa said that McCurry’s Men’s Shop was founded by Mr. Carl McCurry as […]
Read moreA national pizza chain opens a location in Stephens County. Papa John’s Pizza held a Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday to celebrate its arrival in Toccoa. Shez Mistry is one of the owners of the Papa John’s store in Toccoa. He said they are excited and pleased to be in Stephens County. “Better quality, better […]
Read more50th District State Senator John Wilkinson will remain the Chair of the State Senate’s Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee. He received that assignment last week from the Senate’s Committee on Assignments. Wilkinson said he is humbled that his fellow senators entrusted him with this committee for another legislative term and he added he looks forward to working to ensure Georgia’s […]
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The Stephens County basketball teams each pick up their first win of the region schedule. Saturday, the Indians and Lady Indians hosted the Oconee County Warriors and Lady Warriors at the Currahee Arena in Toccoa. In the girls’ game, the Lady Indians got their first win in region play, beating Oconee County, 37-27. The Lady Indians went 21 of 34 […]
Read moreThe Stephens County 8th grade girls claim a region regular season championship. On Wednesday, the 8th grade Lady Rebels beat Madison County, 55-44, to take the top spot for the region during the regular season. Against Madison, Breanna Taylor scored 22 points and Savannah Broska and Ranajah Verdell each scored 11 points. Moving to Thursday, the 8th grade girls took […]
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Authorities said nobody was hurt after a train derailment in Stephens County on Thursday. It occurred on Thursday afternoon on tracks along Wolf Pit Road. According to Stephens County Volunteer Fire Coordinator and Eastanollee Fire Chief Jamey Gettys, several cars of a train jumped the tracks along Wolf Pit between Turner Road and Eastanollee By-pass. Gettys said the cars tipped […]
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The investigation is ongoing into a shooting incident in the parking lot of a Toccoa restaurant earlier this week. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said it occurred on Monday night in the parking lot at Applebee’s on Big A Road. Jarrell said officers were called to the scene just before midnight for reports of shots fired and someone being shot. […]
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Human Resources Director Brenda Yearwood retired this week from the city of Toccoa after 30 years of service. A reception was held to recognize Yearwood and wish her well on retirement Wednesday at Toccoa City Hall. She said retirement is bittersweet as she has truly enjoyed working for the city. “Being here 30 years has been a wonderful experience for […]
Read moreThe Stephens County school system is considering trying to add a third School Resource Officer to the system. School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey brought the idea to the Board of Education at its work session on Thursday night. Dorsey said that he and the Sheriff’s Office have been talking about adding a third one that could help at various schools in […]
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