Stephens County, GA

Fire gutted a house in Eastanolle on Monday, forcing the residents from their home. The blaze broke out shortly after midnight at a residence on Thompkins Road. According to initial reports from the scene, firefighters arrived to find the house fully involved and the residents safely outside. There were some pets unaccounted for.

A late-night crash Sunday on GA 365 near the Habersham/Stephens County line sent five people to the hospital. Among the injured were two young children, one of whom was airlifted as a precaution. According to the Georgia State Patrol, around 11:30 p.m., a Toyota Camry rear-ended a Honda CRV that...

A woman was seriously injured and had to be airlifted to the hospital after falling down a steep rock slope on Currahee Mountain near Toccoa. The woman fell approximately 100-feet from a narrow trail adjacent to a rock outcropping used as a popular viewing location, rescuers say. On Tuesday morning,...

Two young children, ages 3 and 1, were among four people injured in a two-vehicle wreck Friday in Toccoa. The children were passengers in a car driven by 20-year-old Odalys Garcia of Toccoa. Troopers say Garcia failed to yield while pulling out of a driveway onto West Currahee Street. She pulled into the path of an oncoming GMC Yukon which struck the driver’s side of the Nissan Altima Garcia was driving.

After eleven years as principal, Dr. Connie Yearwood is leaving Demorest Elementary School. Yearwood has accepted a job as principal of Liberty Elementary School in Stephens County. She’ll take over that job in July. The Habersham County Board of Education announced Tuesday that Lana Jones will succeed Yearwood as...

The departure of Demorest Elementary School Principal Connie Yearwood has created a shuffling of administrative personnel within the Habersham County School System. Yearwood is leaving Demorest after 11 years to become principal of Liberty Elementary School in Stephens County. During a called board meeting Tuesday, the Habersham County School Board...