The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
Storms move through Stephens County. Periods of storms and heavy rain made their way through the region last night and early this morning. To this point, those storms left 1.89 inches of rain in downtown Toccoa. Neither Georgia Power or Hart EMC are reporting any areas with power outages at this point in Stephens County.
Read moreToday is the last day for Kindergarten Registration in the Stephens County school system. Registration will go from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Big A Elementary School. School officials noted that Kindergarten Registration is not done on a first-come, first-serve basis as all students registered will be attending Kindergarten. A child must be five years old on or […]
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One person is injured in an accident in Stephens County Wednesday. It occurred Wednesday afternoon on Highway 328 in Stephens County. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, a man went off the soft shoulder of Highway 328 and was ejected in the air about 50 feet before impacting the ground. Shirley said the man was airlifted to Northeast Georgia […]
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Stephens County Commissioners again turn down a request to take in three roads in the Lake Harbor Shores subdivision in an effort by residents on that road to get access to city water. On Tuesday, commissioners again considered a request that the county add Tomahawk Trail, Apache Trail, and Navahoe Trail to the county road maintenance system so that city […]
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Results are in from a survey of residents in Stephens, Franklin, Hart, and Elbert counties regarding how they feel about switching to Atlanta local TV stations instead of South Carolina stations. Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers released the results of that survey at Tuesday’s Stephens County Commission meeting. Stephens and surrounding counties are continuing to work to try to get […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Senior Center takes time to honor its volunteers. A volunteer recognition luncheon was held on Wednesday for those who donate their time to the Senior Center each year. Stephens County Senior Center Director Lisa Thomas said that the agency could not do all it does without the help of these people and organizations. “We could not do […]
Read more9th District U.S. Representative Doug Collins is re-introducing a bill that he said is meant to stop the outsourcing of American jobs. Collins said this legislation would stop employers from abusing temporary visas given to them by the H-1B program. According to Collins, the H-1B program allows American businesses to hire foreign professionals if American workers can’t fill the jobs. […]
Read moreThe Jefferson Dragons took advantage of 10 Stephens County walks and held off a furious rally late to defeat the Indians 9-7 Wednesday night in Region-8 AAAA high school baseball. The Indians out hit the Dragons 15-6 in the contest and rallied from six runs down in the 7th to pull within two with the tying run at second before […]
Read moreThe Stephens County High School boys’ soccer team drops a region game to Jefferson. On Wednesday, the Indians lost, 4-1. Chandler Brown scored the Indians’ lone goal, assisted by Alex Duran. The Indians’ boys’ soccer team is now 1-2 in region play and 3-7-1 overall.
Read moreResults are in for the Stephens County Middle School track teams from their region meet last Saturday. The girls’ team from Stephens County Middle School finished in third place and the boys’ team tied for fourth place. Individual winners from Stephens County Middle School were Hazel Collier, who took first place in the girls’ 800 meters and Gamarian Carter, who […]
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