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Toccoa First United Methodist will host a number of Holy Week worship services April 3-7.

Toccoa First United Methodist will host a number of Holy Week worship services April 3-7.

Methodist Easter week

News Staff
Thursday, March 30, 2023
     Toccoa First United Methodist will host a number of Holy Week worship services April 3-7.       At noon each weekday (Monday through Friday) the church will sponsor a lunch hour service from noon to 1 p.m. in its Cheek Hall featuring a message from a local pastor.
These are the guns, cash, and suspected drugs seized by STING unit officers during a recent search of a Cheek Smith Road residence.

These are the guns, cash, and suspected drugs seized by STING unit officers during a recent search of a Cheek Smith Road residence.

Sheriff drug trafficking takedown

News Staff
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
     Sheriff Randy Shirley this week announced the takedown of a drug trafficking organization earlier this month.      Shirley said that on Friday, March 3, the Sheriff’s Traffic Interdiction Narcotics and Gangs unit (STING) obtained a search warrant for a Cheek Smith Road address.
Appeals court chief justice Brian Rickman.

Appeals court chief justice Brian Rickman.

Court of Appeals holds oral arguments in Habersham

News Staff
Friday, March 17, 2023
     The Court of Appeals of Georgia continues its mission of community outreach this spring with an off-site oral argument session in Habersham County at Tallulah Falls School on Tuesday, March 28 at 10 a.m.
Pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion

Pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion

Pianist at The Ritz

News Staff
Thursday, March 16, 2023
     Main Street Toccoa will host a concert on Thursday, March 16, 7 p.m. at the historic Ritz Theatre in downtown Toccoa.       The program will feature Piatigorsky Foundation artist Victor Asuncion on the piano.
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Time change this weekend

News Staff
Thursday, March 9, 2023
     Daylight Savings Time will return Sunday, March 12 at 2 a.m.      That willl mean an extra hour of daylight in the evenings.      However, you will lose an hour of sleep when you turn in for bed on Saturday night and you push your clocks ahead one hour.
Members of the Fifth Grade Academy student council helped the City of Toccoa plant a tree for Arbor Day Feb. 17..

Members of the Fifth Grade Academy student council helped the City of Toccoa plant a tree for Arbor Day Feb. 17..

Toccoa celebrates Arbor Day

News Staff
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
BY LAURA HEWELL THE TOCCOA  RECORD     Arbor Day in the City of Toccoa was celebrated on Friday, Feb. 17 with the planting of a red nut oak tree in Paul Anderson Memorial Park.
Maggie Smallwood will be praise and worship leader at All About Grace.

Maggie Smallwood will be praise and worship leader at All About Grace.

All About Grace event coming to Toccoa First United Methodist Church

News Staff
Friday, February 24, 2023
     All About Grace, an annual community event for women, will be held Saturday, March 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Toccoa First United Methodist Church.     Started in 2007 and held annually, there is no admission fee or registration required for the All About Grace event.
The Stephens County School System will host two in-person kindergarten registration dates at Big A Elementary.

The Stephens County School System will host two in-person kindergarten registration dates at Big A Elementary.

Pre-K and Kindergarten Registration

News Staff
Thursday, February 23, 2023
     It’s time for kindergarten and pre-kindergarten registration for the 2023-2024 school year.      The Stephens County School System will host two in-person kindergarten registration dates at Big A Elementary School located at 289 Sorrells Road in Eastanollee.
The Indian boys basketball team compete tonight for region championship.

The Indian boys basketball team compete tonight for region championship.

Indian basketball team competing for region championship

News Staff
Friday, February 17, 2023
If the Stephens County  can defeat Monroe Area tonight in the finals of the Region 8-AAA basketball tournament, it will be the first time in 45 years an Indian boys basketball team will be region champs. Indian teams played for region championships in 2017, 1992 and 1979, but lost their title bids.