Toccoa Commission Meets Today

A brief agenda awaits Toccoa City Commissioners for their first meeting for the month of June. The Toccoa City Commission meets today at 5 p.m. at Toccoa City Hall. Today’s city commission meeting agenda has only two items on it. First, city commissioners are scheduled to receive a mid-year update on progress towards their goals for the city for 2016. […]

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Eaton Confirms 21 Recent Layoffs

A Stephens County company confirms layoffs took place last month. The Eaton Corporation confirmed to WNEG News that management met with employees at the Eastanollee facility back on May 10 to inform them of the company’s plans to reduce the workforce there by 21 positions. A company official said that Eaton, and industrial manufacturing in general, experienced a full year […]

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Former Piedmont ADA Charged With Theft

A former assistant district attorney for the Piedmont Judicial Circuit is out on bond after being indicted on theft charges. On June 2, 32-year-old Samuel Elias Skelton was indicted on thirty-three counts of theft by taking. The indictment was issued upon the conclusion of a criminal investigation conducted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation that started in August 2015. According […]

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Lavonia Streetscape Project Out to Bid

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The city of Lavonia is finally getting to move forward with its long-planned Streetscape project. At its regular meeting last Monday, Lavonia City Manager Charles Cawthon told the City Council and Mayor Ralph Owens he expects the project to begin soon. “We have a bid date of June 30th and we’re hoping to get […]

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Roof Work Underway At Toccoa City Hall

Crews are beginning work on the roof at Toccoa City Hall. Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse said John’s Roofing is currently replacing the roof on the newer part, or the addition, at the back of City Hall, as well as the roof for the part of the building that connects the addition to the original building. Morse said that the […]

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Hot Weather Moving In

The hottest weather of the year so far is headed to Stephens County and northeast Georgia. Temperatures in the 90s are forecast throughout the weekend with no rain and lots of sunshine. This weather hits as Stephens County and north Georgia is in drought conditions. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, all of northeast Georgia is in moderate drought at […]

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Remember Pets During Hot Weather

People are not the only ones affected by the heat, so are pets. Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter Director Jeff Roberts said there are a few simple things people can do to make sure their pets stay safe in the heat. “You need to have plenty of fresh, clean water and they need to have shade and that is obviously outside, […]

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