The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
The Stephens County school system is still waiting on its audits for both Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015. Tuesday, Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey updated the Board of Education on the audit process. State auditors originally told the school board the Fiscal Year 2014 audit would be ready in August, then pushed it back until November because of a […]
Read moreA project to update the records for the Toccoa City Cemetery is nearing completion. Last year, the city commission agreed to have a full GPS inventory of the cemetery done, tie it into existing records, and computerize everything for the city to help simplify those records. Monday, Toccoa City Clerk Fredda Wheeler updated Toccoa City Commissioners on the project. Wheeler […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Franklin County’s Environmental Health Department is working with the company that owns a poultry operation on Toms Creek Road to eliminate a huge rat infestation. The company that contracted with the poultry farmer on Toms Creek Road is OK Foods, Inc. out of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Their parent company is Mexican poultry producer, Industrias […]
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A host of Stephens County football players receive All-Region honors. This week, the Region 8-AAAA all-region football team was announced. Stephens County senior wide receiver and defensive back Jermaine Barnett was honored as Co-Athlete of the Year along with Buford running back and defensive back Xavier Gantt. Meanwhile, five Indians made the first team all-region squad. They are running back […]
Read moreThe Stephens County High School wrestling program splits two matches. Tuesday, the Indians wrestled against Hart County and Crescent High School from South Carolina. First, the Indians beat Hart County 39-35 in a match that came down to the end. Winners for Stephens County included Lee Massey at 106 pounds, Tyler Edmonds at 120 pounds, Corey Kindel at 132 pounds, […]
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A Stephens County resident is the winner of this year’s EAGLE award at North Georgia Technical College. This week, the school announced that Grace Todd of Stephens County has been selected as North Georgia Technical College’s 2015 Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education, or EAGLE, winner. EAGLE is a statewide program that recognizes and rewards excellence among students enrolled in […]
Read moreThe Stephens County School System is going to look to add back one receptionist’s position for each of the county’s elementary schools. On Tuesday, the Stephens County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve advertising for and then adding the position for each of the schools. The positions had been cut as part of school system budget cuts over the […]
Read moreAn investigation continues into a shooting incident last week that resulted in one injury in Toccoa. It happened on Friday at about 12:45 p.m. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said officers responded to a residence on South Alexander Street, where they found someone with an injury outside along the street. “When officers arrived, they met with Marcus Antoine Quillian, 25 […]
Read moreTwo Stephens County High School students are among those nominated to the nation’s four service academies. On Tuesday, 9th District U.S. Representative Doug Collins announced the nominations of 24 students from the 9th District to the nation’s four service academies. From Stephens County High School, both Tiffany Haddock and James Carter have been nominated. Regarding the 24 nominees, Collins said […]
Read moreStephens County picks up a sweep in basketball play at Madison County. Tuesday, the Indians and Lady Indians traveled to Madison County and both teams came away with wins. First, the Lady Indians broke a losing streak and defeated the Lady Red Raiders by a 46-40 score. After being tied at 26 at the end of the third period, the […]
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