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4-H holds weeklong competition
Georgia 4-H hosted the 78th annual State 4-H Congress, a weeklong competition and celebration in Atlanta on July 20-23.
Marshals shore up Shorewood
The Shorewood neighborhood on Lake Hartwell is looking much better than it did when Marilyn Bathen and her husband moved there 15 years ago.
Vaccinations climb upward
By Tom Law
The Toccoa Record
The number of Stephens County residents who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine ticked above the 17,000 mark this week.
Cannery open on weekdays
There's a new face at the Stephens County cannery in Eastanollee.
Unemployment on the rise
By Tom Law
Even with job openings in abundance, Stephens County’s unemployment rate increased to 5.2 percent in June, up from 4.6 percent in May.
Coan memoir to be published
Breaking Free – Shattering Expectations and Thriving with Ambition in Pursuit of Gold, a memoir by three-time Paralympic swimming gold medalist and world record holder McKenzie Coan, will be pu
School fleet adds seven new buses
School bus operations will remain the same as last year the start of the 2021-2022 school year next week, said school transportation director Dale Meeks.
Local doctor encourages vaccination
I have been distressed to see the plethora of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and myths on the internet and now in letters to the editor, which have contributed to an unacceptably low vaccination r
Schools schedule open house
The Stephens County School System is gearing up for the 2021-2022 school year.