The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
The city of Toccoa will honor a fallen local hero this coming week. On Friday, the city will honor the 50th anniversary of the death of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Emory Johnson with the dedication of a flagpole at Emory Johnson Park on West Whitman Street in Toccoa. Toccoa Main Street Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said Toccoa named the […]
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Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey updates the school board on some financial matters. Dorsey provided that update at Thursday’s work session for the Stephens County Board of Education. He said that the school system continues to wait on the Fiscal Year 2015 and 2016 audits from the state auditors. According to Dorsey, the system was recently notified of further […]
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Long-time High School Football Scoreboard Show host Ted Taylor is retiring from the program he has hosted for more than three decades. Taylor said he has made the decision after a lot of thought. “For the past 34 years, it has been my extreme privilege to host the Friday Night High School Football Scoreboard Show,” said Taylor. “Last year, it […]
Read moreExtreme drought is creeping back into Stephens County. According to the latest drought monitor report issued on Thursday, extreme drought had reached back into western Stephens County. That is the second-most severe level of drought in the drought monitor report. Previously, all of Stephens County had been in severe drought with extreme drought limited to Habersham County. The eastern part […]
Read moreAn accident in Toccoa sends two people to the hospital. It happened around noon Thursday in Toccoa on Big A Road, in the area of McDonald’s and Farmers Home Furniture. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell says two vehicles were involved in the accident. Jarrell says that two people were transported to Stephens County Hospital as a result of the accident […]
Read moreNumerous Stephens County students recently represented the county in the National Junior Swine Association Southeast Regional and Winter Type Conference. That event took place from January 26 through January 29 in Perry at the Georgia National Fairgrounds. In all, 10 students participated in the event from Stephens County. They were as follows: • Selah Baker-Pre-K at Big A; 7th place […]
Read moreThe Franklin County Sheriff’s Office assists in the take-down of a multi-state drug ring. This week, United States Attorney Beth Drake announced that two members of a large, multi-state drug trafficking organization were sentenced back on February 9 in federal district court. Authorities said 36-year-old Mister T. Crocker of Columbia, South Carolina and 37-year-old Lashaun Fair of Anderson, South Carolina […]
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The Stephens County Indian boys’ basketball team will enter the state playoffs this weekend. On Saturday, the Indians will host Heritage of Catoosa in a first-round AAAA basketball playoff game at the Currahee Arena in Toccoa. Stephens County is the second-seed out of Region 8-AAAA with a 20-7 record, while Heritage of Catoosa is the third-seed out of Region 6-AAAA. […]
Read moreStephens County splits with Hart County in non-region tennis action. Thursday, the boys’ team swept Hart County to win its match, 5-0. However, the Lady Indians lost their match 5-0. The win improves the boys’ team’s overall record to 3-1 on the season, while the Lady Indians fell to 1-3 on the year. The next match for the Stephens County […]
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The city of Toccoa has new, computerized maps of its city cemetery. Monday, Toccoa City Clerk Fredda Wheeler made the announcement that her and staff from the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission had completed the re-mapping project of the Toccoa City Cemetery. “I am here to announce today proudly and boldly that the project is complete,” said Wheeler. “The software that […]
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