By Beau Evans
Staff Writer
Capitol Beat News Service

    The secret’s out.

    In August 2015, a group of Whitman Street graduates met to brainstorm, collaborate and process appropriate option(s) for giving back to the community in which they grew up.

By Julie Paysen

    Toccoa city commissioner Jeanette Jamieson on Monday questioned the utlities portion of a new lease agreement and pay raises for some Toccoa police officers.

    During the month of August, the Toccoa Stephens County Public Library will host a new exhibition from the National Archives.

By Thad Glenn

Eight staff members from Big A Elementary School were sent home this week after being exposed to the COVID-19 virus.

The school system reported the incident on Thursday, August 6.

    Cpl. Michael Vice did not anticipate he would become a K-9 handler after starting as a jailer with the Stephens County Sheriff's Office in late 2018.

    Three suspects were arrested during a traffic stop earlier this month after Sheriff's Office K-9 officer Dexter indicated the presence of what turned out to be more than a half kilogram of meth