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Disagreements between developers and local officials has plans to build a Holiday Inn Express in Toccoa on hold. Recently however, the “coming soon” signs around property at the corner of Big A Road and Fernside Dr. came down and were replaced by “land for sale” signs. A representative for Toccoa Holdings LLC, the company planning to build the new hotel […]

  The distinction makes St. Mary’s one of the top 2 percent of more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide for consistent, year-over-year superior clinical performance as measured by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. In addition to receiving the 2016 America’s 100 Best Hospitals AwardTM, St. Mary’s also has received the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence […]

Parks White announced on Tuesday his campaign for reelection to the office of District Attorney of the Northern Judicial Circuit. White was elected as the first Republican District Attorney of the Northern Circuit in 2012. White said, “As I made clear four years ago, had I not kept my promise of aggressive and timely prosecution, I would not ask for […]

Expect a Detour off State Route 368 in Elbert County. The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) is advising motorists in Elbert County of a detour off State Route (SR) 368, scheduled for Tuesday, March 1, 2016, to accommodate work on the replacement of the bridge over Pickens Creek. The existing bridge was built in 1941. SR 368 will be closed […]

THE CITY OF TOCCOA IS PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME RENOVATIONS TO TOCCOA CITY HALL. ON MONDAY, THE TOCCOA CITY COMMISSION MET IN A WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS THE CITY HALL BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN TOCCOA. TOCCOA CITY MANAGER BILLY MORSE SAYS THAT IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN 25 YEARS SINCE THERE WERE MAJOR UPGRADES DONE TO ANY PART OF […]