News

The Toccoa Record

The Toccoa Record

City receives one bid for K-9 Brew

BY MICHAEL O’HEARNTHE TOCCOA RECORD   The City of Toccoa has received one bid for the police department’s K-9 Brew, which was declared as surplus last month.On Friday, Oct. 2, the City of Toccoa sent The Toccoa Record a copy of the single bid that was received and unsealed Thursday, Oct. 1.The city...
The City of Toccoa gets its water from the Lake Toccoa reservoir, which the city supplements using water from Yonah Lake and Davidson Creek. The city is grappling with building a new water treatment plant as well as a new request from the City of Demorest to increase the water supplied by the City of Toccoa to Demorest.

The City of Toccoa gets its water from the Lake Toccoa reservoir, which the city supplements using water from Yonah Lake and Davidson Creek. The city is grappling with building a new water treatment plant as well as a new request from the City of Demorest to increase the water supplied by the City of Toccoa to Demorest.

Where does the city’s water come from?

BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD    For more than 120 years – starting in 1905 – the City of Toccoa has provided treated water to customers in the Stephens County area.
Chris Rickman

Chris Rickman

Rickman, Maxwell running for county commission Post 4 seat

BY J. TODD TRUELOVETHE TOCCOA RECORD     Early voting for the Nov. 3 midterm elections begins next week on Tuesday, Oct. 13.   Stephens County has two local elections on the ballot.   Both are for the Stephens County Board of Commissioners.
The Toccoa Record

The Toccoa Record

County hears Verizon cell tower request

BY J. TODD TRUELOVETHE TOCCOA RECORD    A permit for a new cell tower requested by Verizon at the University of Toccoa Falls was recommended Tuesday by the Stephens County Planning Commission.
ASI Southeast honored a group of high school students from Stephens and Franklin Counties on Thursday, Sept. 24, for logging 300-400 hours or more in the Work-Based Learning Program. They include Ezra Bryant, Nathan Burgess, Isaac Champion, Owen Hornick, and Connor Wallace. Not pictured are Hudson Spradlin and Brian Waldrup.

ASI Southeast honored a group of high school students from Stephens and Franklin Counties on Thursday, Sept. 24, for logging 300-400 hours or more in the Work-Based Learning Program. They include Ezra Bryant, Nathan Burgess, Isaac Champion, Owen Hornick, and Connor Wallace. Not pictured are Hudson Spradlin and Brian Waldrup.

Work-Based Learning students honored at ASI

BY J. TODD TRUELOVETHE TOCCOA RECORD     Work-Based Learning (WBL) students at ASI Southeast were recognized last week at the company for working 300 or more hours during the summer.
The Toccoa Record

The Toccoa Record

Currahee Military Weekend returns with slate of events

BY MICHAEL O’HEARNTHE TOCCOA RECORD Toccoa-Stephens County is celebrating its military history again with the 22nd annual Currahee Military Weekend, which starts today.The event’s activities kick off today, Oct. 1, and will continue through Sunday, Oct. 4.The weekend starts with tours of the...
Open Arms Clinic on Big A Road celebrated 20 years with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, Sept. 24.

Open Arms Clinic on Big A Road celebrated 20 years with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, Sept. 24.

Open Arms celebrates 20 years

BY J. TODD TRUELOVETHE TOCCOA RECORD     Open Arms, a non-profit/free health clinic in Stephens County, serving the uninsured, and the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce recognized the clinic’s 20th anniversary last week.
The Toccoa city commission discussed a request from the City of Demorest on Monday afternoon asking Toccoa to increase how much water Toccoa sells to Demorest daily.

The Toccoa city commission discussed a request from the City of Demorest on Monday afternoon asking Toccoa to increase how much water Toccoa sells to Demorest daily.

Future water needs

BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD       Toccoa city commissioners Monday afternoon instructed its water engineers to move ahead in three areas to help determine the future of the local water system.
Connor Wallace, a senior student at Stephens County High School, was named the Georgia Work-Based Learning Student of the Year on Thursday, Sept. 24. With him are Jennifer Blasingame, Stephens County Schools System superintendent Connie Franklin, Melissa Wallace, Stephen Wallace, SCSS CTAE director Joni Whitfield, SCHS teacher Jeffrey Lovegrove, and SCHS principal Jessica Simmons.

Connor Wallace, a senior student at Stephens County High School, was named the Georgia Work-Based Learning Student of the Year on Thursday, Sept. 24. With him are Jennifer Blasingame, Stephens County Schools System superintendent Connie Franklin, Melissa Wallace, Stephen Wallace, SCSS CTAE director Joni Whitfield, SCHS teacher Jeffrey Lovegrove, and SCHS principal Jessica Simmons.

Top marks

BY J. TODD TRUELOVETHE TOCCOA RECORD     Connor Wallace, a senior a Stephens County High School, is Georgia’s Work-Based Learning (WBL) Student of the Year.