It was Opening Day for the Toccoa Little League on Saturday, March 14. The day kicked off with a parade on Doyle Street. The Riverdogs softball team led the rest of the Toccoa Little League baseball and softball teams down Doyle Street Saturday morning during opening day events.
On Tuesday night, March 17, the Stephens County Board of Education honored the high school’s two STAR students and teachers.The STAR students are Logan Shirley and Landon Powell, while the STAR teachers are Kasey Ivey and Lynne Fisher. Shirley and Powell got the same SAT score. They were joined by, from left to right, Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President Julie Paysen, superintendent Connie Franklin, and Board of Education chair Tripp Arrowood.
The Stephens County Sheriff's Office arrested five individuals for selling nicotine products to minors.
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The Georgia Department of Transportation has made a change to the intersection of Memorial Drive and the Toccoa Bypass. Drivers can only make right turns on to the Bypass or turn left onto Memorial Drive. The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office said the change was made to reduce accidents at that intersection.
Operation Silent Hand, a multi-county drug bust, resulted in the arrests of two Toccoa residents last week.
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Gas prices are on the rise across the country, including here in Stephens County. This was at the Raceway gas station on Big A Road on Tuesday afternoon, March 10.
The Toccoa Police Department and Clary and Wilkinson centers in Toccoa partnered together to put on a senior prom on Saturday, Feb. 27, for 60 residents from the care centers. The event was held at the Reflections at Lake Toccoa venue and several members of the community helped with the evening. The police department would like to thank Quality Foods, Chick-Fil-A, Toccoa Wedding Experts, a group of retired teachers, Alexander’s Florist, and April Littleton with Sweet Dreams Photography.
