Preparations Underway for “Toast of Toccoa”

Main Street Toccoa is getting ready for a new downtown event. The inaugural “Toast of Toccoa” will take place May 6 in downtown Toccoa. According to Main Street Toccoa Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby, “Toast of Toccoa” will combine the annual Currahee Artists’ Guild Spring Art Show with craft beer and wine tastings and more. “We have five different wineries from […]

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Hart Co. Continues Archway Partnership

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The Archway Partnership initiative will continue in Hart County. Last month, the Hart County Board of Commissioners approved the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Georgia to continue the partnership. Hart County Archway Partnership Liaison Anna Strickland told the board that the program has been successful in Hart County for […]

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NGTC Horticulture Students Participate in National Competition

North Georgia Technical College’s horticulture students earned top rankings at the 41st Annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition held at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah in March. The NGTC horticulture team placed 21st nationally, maintaining the college’s Top 25 rank for five consecutive years. NGTC competed against 63 other schools from both two-year and four-year colleges and major universities across […]

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Indians Beat Jefferson

The Stephens County Indian baseball team managed to salvage the final game of its three-game series with Jefferson by beating the Dragons, 7-1, Friday night at the Reservation. Sophomore Davis Swenson tossed a four-hitter at the Dragons, giving up just one run, a solo home run to catcher Lane Watkins in the top of the fourth inning. Swenson is now […]

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Toccoa Updating Comprehensive Plan

The city of Toccoa is updating its comprehensive plan. Currently, the Toccoa Planning Commission has been meeting with the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission to do an update to that plan through a short-term work program. Toccoa Planning Director Connie Tabor said a comprehensive plan is something of a roadmap for the city to follow in the years ahead. “The comprehensive […]

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GDOT Restricting Construction-Related Lane Closures

Motorists traveling over the next several weekends in Georgia may feel some travel relief due to the restriction of construction-related lane closures statewide on Interstate highways. Georgia Department of Transportation Spokesperson Katie Strickland said that the DOT will be putting limits on those construction-related lane closures for Spring Break and Easter. “We are going to make the construction-related lane closures […]

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Franklin Co. Grand Jury Issues Murder Indictment

By Charles Robertson, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Franklin County man is indicted on murder charges after allegedly giving prescription narcotics to a Royston woman who later died. Last week, the Franklin County Grand Jury returned a true bill of indictment against David Allen Bragg on one count of felony murder and two counts of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. […]

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Franklin Co. Approves Poultry House Ordinance Changes

By Charles Robertson, WLHR Radio, Lavonia Changes to the Franklin County Poultry House Ordinance are now in effect. In Tuesday’s work session of the Franklin County Commissioners, a second reading of the new revisions to the county’s ordinance on poultry houses was given by Interim Director of Planning John Phillips. Phillips said that under the new ordinance, poultry houses in […]

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