Category: News

A fire that destroyed a vehicle and damaged a metal shop building in Rabun County has been ruled as arson, Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King  announced yesterday (Sept. 6). The fire occurred on September 1, just before 4:30 p.m.  King stated, “The fire was intentionally set in a vehicle parked on a property in Green Street […]

Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of a double-homicide shooting that occurred outside a Hartwell nightclub, and the Hartwell Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation still need the public’s help in cracking the case.   Hartwell Police Chief Anthony Davis says the case has gone completely cold.  Davis has been in law enforcement for 35 years, all with the Hartwell […]

Tomorrow is the deadline for small business owners to apply for the NAACP and Leslie’s Certification Boost Grant Program.  According to program specifications, “Certifications and official designations can help businesses realize new opportunities to grow. But obtaining these certifications often requires additional resources that can strain small businesses.  Under this program, $5,000 grants will be awarded to deserving entrepreneurs to […]

Announcement from Stephens County Clerk of Court Tim Quick: All jurors summoned to appear for jury duty for Monday, Sept. 11, do not need to report. All cases have been settled for the week.

Stephens  County Sheriff Randy Shirley has reported on an arrest recently carried out by Stephens County Deputies.  On August 25, Deputies with Stephens County Sheriff’s Office were conducting concentrated patrols when a Stephens County Sheriff’s Office STING K9 Unit saw a Blue Dodge Ram 1500 with a broken taillight driving down Big A Road.  The K9 Deputy pulled the pickup […]

Toccoa Community Development Director Connie Tabor was recently recognized at Georgia Downtown Association’s awards ceremony at the Georgia Downtown Conference, where Tabor was awarded the “Main Street Hero” award of Excellence.  A press release on the award states, “Tabor pioneered the management of Downtown Toccoa’s Main Street Program, created in 1990, when she was designated as Toccoa’s first Main Street […]

Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce and area citizens welcomed the new owners at the Chevrolet dealership on Big A Road, now named Lake Hartwell Chevrolet.  Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President Julie Paysen welcomed the new owners, Dustin Wellborn and Sebastian Jung, both to the community and as new members of the Chamber of Commerce.   Wellborn said they were excited […]

The Toccoa City Commission meeting set for September 11 has been rescheduled. This meeting will now take place on Monday, September 18, at 5 p.m. in the Commission Courtroom at Toccoa City Hall. The agenda for this meeting has not yet been published. Also, the Downtown Development Authority has announced that they will meet at 8 a.m. this Friday, September […]

Monday afternoon, at approximately 1 p.m., a citizen contacted local law enforcement officials in Lavonia to report the discovery of a deceased individual.  The citizen had been checking wildlife cameras in the vicinity of David Avenue at the time of the discovery.  Lavonia Police officers responded to the scene, as well as the Franklin County Coroner’s Office and the Georgia […]

Traffic crashes across Georgia during the Labor Day holiday travel period resulted in 20 traffic deaths, according to preliminary Georgia Department of Public Safety numbers. The holiday travel period began Friday, September 1, at 6 p.m., and ended Monday, September 4, at 11:59 p.m. The Georgia Department of Public Safety issued the first holiday traffic fatality report on Saturday morning […]