The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
The Stephens County Senior Center is planning two upcoming fundraisers to help with the costs of the Meals on Wheels program after their budget was cut by $25,000 dollars. The first fundraiser will be a fall plant sale. Senior Center Director Lisa Thomas said they are working with others to spearhead this project. “We are going to be doing some […]
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The Stephens County Board of Commissioners is having a work session and regularly scheduled meeting this morning at 8:30 a.m. During the meeting the board will review a draft of the comprehensive plan update and authorize chairman to sign a letter of resubmittal to the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission. Other agenda items for today’s meeting includes the board to consider […]
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School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey announces that Stephens County schools will be closed on August 21 due to the total solar eclipse. The school board initially chose to release early on that day but as of last week, made the decision to close schools instead. After a called meeting involving local law enforcement and county and city administration, Dorsey said there […]
Read moreMainstreet Toccoa and the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce are hosting a presentation for the tourism product development resource team later this month. Community Development Director Connie Tabor said the resource team visited Toccoa earlier this month to evaluate the community’s tourism. “The resource team came earlier this year with 10 participants,” said Tabor. “They evaluated our community’s tourism product […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Hospital Authority is having a called meeting tonight to continue working on improving the hospital’s financial stability. Last week, the authority approved the continued engagement with healthcare consulting firm, Stroudwater Associates to implement the operational and financial turnaround initiatives that they previously identified. Stroudwater employee Roger Forgey began working last Tuesday to execute these initiatives. Anderson said […]
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Local law enforcement as well as the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement office are still searching for two individuals who are wanted for their involvement with the drug trafficking operation that was recently busted. Last week, the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office, Habersham County Sherriff’s Office and ARDEO shut down the operation being run by Donna Beard and Amber Nulls, both […]
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Authorities in South Carolina have demobilized their search and recovery efforts for Kip Burrell of Anderson after he went missing at Lake Hartwell two weeks ago. 54-year-old Burrell and his wife, Stacey, were thrown from a boat when a storm moved in over Lake Hartwell on Saturday July 15th near the Singing Pines Recreation Area. Stacey Burrell was rescued by […]
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An accident involving a motorcycle on Saturday morning results in a fatality. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, the accident occurred just after 7 a.m. Saturday morning in the north bound lane of Highway 17 in Eastanollee at the Chevron. The motorcycle victim, Michael Stewart, 26 of Eastanollee, lost control and struck the rear end of a red GMC […]
Read moreCharles Anthony The Royston Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect who used a stolen debit card to make purchases at a local retailer. According to Royston Police Chief Donnie Bolemon, the suspect is believed to have also attempted to make purchases at the Toccoa Walmart recently, but the card was declined. Bolemon said his […]
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The Toccoa Police Department makes two recent drug arrests after the suspects crashed their vehicle into the side of a home. On July 23, officers located a vehicle that crashed into a house at 216 Hayes Street. After further investigation, it was discovered that the female driver, Sara Owens, 68 of Toccoa, had lost control of the vehicle and it […]
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