Toccoa police officers have completed a pair of training courses recently. Four Toccoa officers graduated from a field sobriety testing course. Police chief Jimmy Mize said officers Ryan Brown, Tim ...

By Phil Hudgins Retired CNI editor Myles Robert Godfrey and I were in diapers the first time we met. I think Myles had soiled his, but I didn’t say anything. After all, he was just a month old. I was ...

The Toccoa 10-under all-star baseball team escaped a last-inning bases-loaded jam to win the District 7 championship last week. Toccoa faced a bases loaded situa ...

The Georgia State Patrol has promoted Elbert County native Donnie O’Neal Saddler to Post Commander at Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa. Saddler began his career with the Georgia Department of ...

Sometimes, you leave your hometown only to find yourself coming back years later. That was the case for the Brent and Katherine Sanders, who were born and raised in Stephens County and returned more ...

Want to take a look at how elections are going to run in Stephens County this year? That opportunity will be available during an open house presented by the Stephens County Elections Office. The event ...

Main Street Toccoa is launching a new Shop Local program to bring more money and attention to independent small businesses in the area. The soon-to-launch Community Gift Card will be called the ...

BY TOM LAW THE TOCCOA RECORD Get ready for a blitz of Thanksgiving through Christmas traditions observed by the Toccoa-Stephens County community. The tradition-rich season actually kicked off Sunday, ...

Stephens County sheriff’s deputies last week chased a vehicle into South Carolina at speeds up to 100 mph on the two-lane highway Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said that on Wednesday, Feb. 3 ...

After a Stephens County basketball game this past hardcourt season, Indian guard Tyrece Mackie was down on himself because he thought he had turned in a poor performance. &nb ...

Toccoa was hit by a double whammy last week with torrential rain followed by Hurricane Helene. The storms left in their wake fallen trees, power outages, and downed power lines scatter ...

BY LANG STORY THE NORTHEAST GEORGIAN Habersham County Parks and Recreation athletic coordinator Todd Mayfield has already been recognized at the state level for his work when he held the same position ...