Author: Charlie Bauder

The Stephens County Board of Education will hold off for now on moving forward with filling the board seat left vacant by the resignation of Dr. Elizabeth Pinkerton. Pinkerton resigned earlier this month and board members discussed how to move forward at their meeting on Tuesday. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey said that policies and statutes in place call […]

The new administrator at Stephens County Hospital continues to settle in to her role. Lynne Anderson took over in full for Ed Gambrell on January 1 following Gambrell’s retirement. In the months prior to Gambrell’s retirement, Anderson worked at the hospital with Gambrell during a transition period. She said she is getting comfortable now in the administrator position, in part […]

With the start of a new calendar year, the call is again going out for mentors in the Stephens County school system. January marks the 15th annual National Mentoring Month and Family Connection of Stephens County is participating in a campaign to expand mentoring opportunities. Nancy Ekback is the Mentor Coordinator for Stephens County and Family Connection. She said that […]

Good news comes in on the audit report for Stephens County Hospital. The Hospital Authority presented the Fiscal Year 2015 audit report it received at Monday’s meeting. According to the Hospital Authority, auditors Dixon, Hughes, and Goodman gave the hospital a clean audit opinion again for the fiscal year that ended on September 30, 2015. Stephens County Hospital Administrator Lynne […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia It’s that time of the year again as a new tax filing season is set to start today. The Internal Revenue Service has announced it will begin accepting returns today. IRS Spokesman Mark Green said they are expecting most tax filers to file electronically again this year. “The good news about this is that […]

The Stephens County Board of Education will hold its regular January business meeting in a new location tonight. Tonight’s Stephens County Board of Education meeting will take place at the new Administrative Office location for the school system, which is at the Old Big A School at 191 Big A School Road, just off of Big A Road. The school […]

Multiple departments responded on Monday afternoon to a reported structure fire in Stephens County. Crews from Big Smith, Martin, and Eastanollee Volunteer Fire Departments were all called out on Monday between 2 and 2:30 p.m That road is located off of Old East Silver Shoals Road, near East Silver Shoals Road. Reports indicate that heavy black smoke was present and […]

The city of Toccoa raises thousands of dollars for the United Way of Stephens County. City officials announced recently that the city government, through its employees and others, raised a record total of $3,655 for the organization. A group from the city, led by Commissioner Terry Carter, presented the check last month to local United Way representatives. Heading up the […]

Family Connection of Stephens County and the county’s Division of Family and Children Services enter 2016 with the goal of building on momentum gained last year in adding to the number of available foster families in the county. According to Family Connection of Stephens County Coordinator Allyson Warren, the county’s DFACS began 2015 with only 10 foster homes, many of […]