Category: News

North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) student Christie Campbell of Bowersville, Ga., and Adult Education Department instructor Randy Wood of Carnesville, Ga., were recognized as the 2024 NGTC Adult Education student and instructor of the year at the recent Habersham Rotary meeting. Campbell and Wood will represent NGTC at the Dinah Culbreath Wayne Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) Leadership […]

The deadline for purchasing an engraved brick for the Tugaloo Greenspace is tomorrow, March 15.  Toccoa Main Street Manager Kristen Deal told WNEG News that they are grateful for the support the community has shown for the fundraising campaign, and said that the bricks purchased so far will feature the names of many families and businesses from the local community, […]

On Friday, March 5, Truett McConnell University’s Hans Hut School of Business announced the addition of several new Cyber Security degree programs. Beginning in the fall of this year, students will be able to pursue a bachelor of science degree in business administration with a concentration in Cyber Security, a dual degree program that combines a bachelor of science degree […]

Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley confirmed this afternoon that the individual found deceased at a Davis Road residence on March 11 was 18-year-old Simon Barker, a resident at the Davis Road address. Shirley told WNEG News that investigators are waiting on autopsy results from the State lab before making any final determinations in the investigation. He indicated that two of […]

The City of Toccoa will have Fowlertown road closed to thru traffic today on the Mize Road entrance. They will be working to replace a section of the water main. All traffic in this area will be redirected by crews on site, but you are asked to travel an alternate route if possible. Road work warning signs will be in […]

Annual park passes are once again available at Hartwell, and J. Strom Thurmond Lake Project Visitors Centers, according to a press release issued last week by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District. In mid-January, some passes were temporarily unavailable, but supplies have been replenished, and the following passes are once again available at both locations: USACE Annual Pass, […]

Tuesday, March 12, voters in Stephens County chose former President Donald Trump as the Republican nominee and incumbent President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee in Georgia’s Presidential Preference Primary. Voter turnout in Stephens County outranked the majority of Georgia counties, as well as the state as a whole. Out of the county’s 20,172 registered voters (as of March 1), […]

Today is Election Day for the Georgia Presidential Preference Primary.  All voting will take place at the Historic Courthouse, 37 West Tugalo Street in downtown Toccoa. Polls will open at 7 a.m. and will remain open until 7 p.m. Streetside parking is available downtown, with reserved handicap and elderly parking on Sage Street from Doyle Street to Tugalo Street. Parking […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. today for a regularly scheduled meeting. Note that the meeting today will take place in the Grand Jury Room at the Stephens County Government Building, 70 North Alexander Street. The meeting will not take place at the normal location in the Historic Courthouse due to election day activities at […]

On Monday, Georgia State Senator Bo Hatchett updated WNEG News and constituents on the ninth week of the legislative session. Hatchett serves District 50 which includes Stephens, Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Rabun, and Towns County and portions of Hall, Jackson, and White counties. Hatchett also serves as one of two Floor Leaders in the Senate, selected by Governor Brian Kemp. Following […]