Author: Charlie Bauder

This year’s Leadership Toccoa-Stephens County class said September’s Leaders and Legacies banquet raised more than $2,000 for each of the schools in the Stephens County school system. The first Leaders and Legacies banquet took place on September 24 at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center. According to the Leadership class, money raised through sponsorships, ticket sales, and a silent auction at […]

With the referendum on Sunday sales of alcohol by the drink for on-site consumption having passed, the city of Toccoa is now turning its attention to preparing for the implementation of the new rules. City voters approved the referendum by 18 votes, 216 to 198, on Tuesday at the polls. Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse said that Sunday sales will […]

The city of Toccoa is working to try and lessen problems with sanitary sewer spills at the Ward Creek Liftstation. Continuing a problem that has existed for years, heavy rain events in Stephens County in recent weeks have caused two more sanitary sewer spills at the Liftstation, which is located in the Fernside Drive area. Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse […]

Stephens County High School’s Interact Club is working this month to collect food and help those less fortunate this Thanksgiving. First, the third annual “Stuff the Bus” 5k and 10k run/walk is coming up on Saturday, November 21. Interact Club Advisor Derek Demmler said the run will be at a new location this year. “We are moving the course downtown,” […]

Stephens County election officials said that one of the provisional ballots under consideration in the Martin municipal election will count as a vote. According to election officials, the county was able to determine that one of the individuals asked to vote with a provisional ballot did in fact live within the town limits of Martin and was eligible to vote. […]

Reports indicate that a plane crash has happened in Habersham County. Accessnorthga.com reported that a small plane went down a short distance from the Habersham County Airport on West Airport Road, near Brookcrest Drive just outside Baldwin. According to the accessnorthga.com report, there appear to be no survivors of the crash, which is reported to have happened in a wooded […]

North Georgia Technical College receives a grant for its Driver’s Education program. The school announced this week that it has been awarded a grant in the amount of $17,840 from the Georgia Driver’s Education Commission. School officials said the grant will help finance driver’s education locally by providing classes of 30 hours of classroom instruction and six hours behind the […]

Two people face drug charges after police searched their hotel room last week. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said that it occurred on the morning of October 27 when police were called to the Country Hearth Inn. “We responded and met with the clerk for what they believed to be an odor of burnt marijuana coming from a room,” said […]

The city of Toccoa passes Sunday sales of alcohol by the drink for on-site consumption. In a close vote Tuesday, city voters approved the referendum by a count of 216 to 198, according to unofficial results from votes cast. City officials said that it would not take effect immediately, as procedures and rules have to first be put in place. […]

A traffic stop leads to drug charges against one individual. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said that an officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle early Saturday morning on Collins Road. “After making contact with the driver, Virginia Lee McCollum of Toccoa, he found her to be in possession of methamphetamine and marijuana, less than one ounce,” said Jarrell. […]