A South Carolina man was arrested last month in Stephens County on charges of intent to distribute heroin and other illegal substances. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said that on Oct. 22 at ...

BY LAURA HEWELL THE TOCCOA RECORD City of Toccoa planning director Connie Tabor has a new assistant. Jeremey Ward started in the planning department part-time in January and in May came onboard ...

Kindergarten registration for Stephens County will be held Thursday and Friday, March 11-12. Registration will be held from 3:30-6 p.m. on Thursday and 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. Registration on ...

A video feature story on Shirley Combs of Stephens County will air on Sunday, Nov. 8. Her story will air on the In Touch program produced by In Touch Ministries. The story will also be shared online ...

Michael O’Hearn has been named editor and publisher of The Toccoa Record. He succeeds long-time The Record editor and publisher Tom Law who is retiring after a 47-year career in community journalism.

Stephens County and Toccoa firefighters have a new unit to assist them in their battles against blazes thanks to Rabun County. It's a 2017 Freightliner Rabun sold to Stephens County for $5,000. The ...

Plans to bring more fiber optic internet services into rural Stephens County are in the works with a completion date set in 2024. That will mean faster speeds for activities such as streaming, ...

By Tom Law The Toccoa Record McKenzie Coan, the Paralympics swimmer from Clarkesville with the big fan following in Toccoa, won another swimming gold medal on Sunday in Tokyo. McKenzie, the daughter ...

Toccoa police officers have completed a pair of training courses recently. Four Toccoa officers graduated from a field sobriety testing course. Police chief Jimmy Mize said officers Ryan Brown, Tim ...

The Toccoa 10-under all-star baseball team escaped a last-inning bases-loaded jam to win the District 7 championship last week. Toccoa faced a bases loaded situa ...

There's a new company operating out of the building formerly occupied by the Caterpillar company on Arrowhead Drive in Hayestone-Brady Industrial Park. The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce ...

Katie Bennett of Toccoa was named the 2022 PTL Equipment Employee of the Year at the company’s Christmas party on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, held at The Geary Farm. PTL president, Jonathan Wright and the ...