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The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers against credit card shimmers. Shimmers are a paper-thin, card-size shim containing an embedded microchip and flash storage that’s inserted into the “dip and wait” card slot of an ATM or gas pump payment terminal. It stays there and is meant to take data off your credit or debit card’s EMV chip. The intercepted […]
Read moreMJ Kneiser This is Georgia Restaurant Week and one local community is marking the occasion by opening its restaurants to the public Thursday evening. Sponsored by the Georgia Restaurant Association, Georgia Restaurant week aims to highlight the various dining options that are available to consumers throughout the State. This week will allow patrons, both local and from out of state, to explore […]
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Monday kicked off water week at ActiveKidz Therapy in Toccoa. One of the occupational therapists, Katie McFarlin said this is a way to give the kids a break from their normal therapy routines. “This week is water week, we’re pretty much just letting the kids have fun,” said McFarlin. “We have a slip-n-slide, sand, a dunking booth, water balloons, water […]
Read moreSoutheast Tourism Society has named Toccoa’s ChristmasFest one of the STS Top 20 Events in the Southeast for December 2017. The STS Top 20 Festival and Event Awards have highlighted programs around the Southeast since 1985. Travel industry experts select 20 events per month, and the STS publicizes them throughout the U.S. Events considered for the STS Top 20 recognition […]
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The Stephens County Board of Education is moving forward with remodels at the agriculture center at the high school. At their work session last week, board member Len Stovall asked about the possibility of these improvements and at that time, Superintendent Bryan Dorsey said he would look at the budget to see what they could do. Last night, Dorsey said […]
Read moreMJ Kneiser Baseball fans will want to mark their calendars for a special event coming up later this month at the Ty Cobb Museum in Royston. The museum is celebrating its 19th anniversary and on Saturday, July 29 they will be hosting a special presentation featuring Major League Baseball great Ransom Jackson Jr. Museum Executive Director Wesley Fricks said Jackson will be […]
Read moreThe Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce is hosting An Evening with the Stars, their annual awards celebration. This is the 71st Annual Chamber Awards Celebration and will be held Thursday, August 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Reflections at Lake Toccoa. President of the Chamber Julie Paysen said this is an opportunity to gather as a community and celebrate all that’s […]
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Yesterday kicked off Operation Southern Shield, week-long speed prevention campaign, in Georgia and surrounding states. The multi-state effort to prevent speeding will be underway all week across Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee. Director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Harris Blackwood said this is the first time Georgia has done a multi-state operation on speed enforcement. According […]
Read moreA truck fire was contained in the Ingles’ parking lot on Sunday. Toccoa Fire Chief Tommy Ayers reports that at 12:14 p.m. on Sunday, a call came in about a 1997 Ford F150 with smoke and flames coming from the hood. Upon arrival, firefighters observed flames coming under the hood of the truck. The fire was contained and no one […]
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MJ Kneiser It’s day four in the search for a missing Seneca man who is believed to have drowned on Lake Hartwell over the weekend. Georgia DNR Law Enforcement agent Craig Fulghum said late Monday afternoon that his office is contributing special equipment to help South Carolina DNR officials search for the missing boater. But Fulghum says divers and rescue […]
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