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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), […]
Read moreToday 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 […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreOn 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 […]
Read moreYesterday, March 11, at approximately 10 a.m., Stephens County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a residence on Davis Road in regards to an “unresponsive person.” Sheriff Randy Shirley told WNEG News that, when deputies arrived at the home, they entered the residence and the bedroom of the victim and observed an 18-year-old man with one gunshot wound laying on the […]
Read moreThe U.S. News & World Report recently recognized Toccoa Elementary School in its published 2024 U.S. News Best Elementary Schools rankings. To earn this title, Toccoa Elementary School placed among the top 40 percent of elementary schools in Georgia. “We are excited to receive this distinctive honor,” says Sheila Pressley, Principal of Toccoa Elementary School. “It reflects our commitment to […]
Read moreThere are two U. S. Forest Service prescribed burns planned in Stephens County today in the vicinity of Currahee Mountain. The first burn will be 229 acres at Davis Mountain along Hwy. 365/17. The second burn is 786 acres in the Lake Russell Wildlife Management Area along Currahee Mountain Road and Guard Camp Roads. Both burns will be ignited with […]
Read moreThe Toccoa City Commission will meet at 5 p.m. today for a regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting will take place at City Hall, 92 N. Alexander Street. On the agenda for the meeting is consideration of approval of Alcohol Beverage Control Licenses for Big A Tobacco, located at 610 Big A Road, and the New Fernside Package Store, located at […]
Read moreContinuing our Coverage of the Feb. 27 SCBOC Meeting and post-meeting interview with County Administrator Christian Hamilton; following the public hearing regarding the cell tower as covered yesterday, County Commissioners held a public hearing regarding a rezoning request for two parcels of property on N. Broad River Road. The property owner requested the parcels be rezoned from the current zonings […]
Read moreThe qualifying period for the May 21 General Primary/Nonpartisan election concludes at noon today. As of this morning, three new candidates qualified for the locally-relevant races, with Justin Richie qualifying with the democratic party for the Board of Commissioners Post 3 seat, Tabrei Cash qualified to run as a Democrat for a U.S. Representative in House District 9, and June […]
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