Chamber, Library, Citizens Welcome New Bookmobile

Last Thursday, The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce and area citizens joined local and regional library officials for the Stephens County introduction of the new Northeast Georgia Regional Libraries Bookmobile. According to Delana Knight · Director at Northeast Georgia Regional Library System, the  goal of the bookmobile program  is to foster community awareness of library resources in Northeast Georgia by […]

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IRS Now Accepting 2023 Tax Returns

Yesterday, the Internal Revenue Service began to accept and process 2023 tax returns. The IRS expects more than 128.7 million individual tax returns to be filed by the April 15, 2024, tax deadline. IRS Free File became available on IRS.gov on Jan. 12 in advance of the filing season opening. Most software companies began accepting electronic submissions at that time […]

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Toccoa Firefighters Urge Safety Precautions

Following two residential fires in Toccoa in just the last few days, Toccoa Fire Department leadership and firefighters are urging citizens to take recommended safety precautions to secure homes and safeguard residents and families.  On Friday afternoon, just before 1 p.m, Stephens County 911 dispatchers received reports of someone trapped in a structure fire on Nassau Place at E. Currahee […]

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Toccoa Recognizes February as Black History Month

At the start of last week’s regular meeting of the Toccoa City Commission, commissioners adopted a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month. Mayor Gail Fry read the proclamation into the record, and the commission presented the framed document to members of the Gholston family, Inger Neal, Shantelle Grant and Marie Cochran.  Grant, who is the children’s librarian at the […]

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Stephens County Election Supervisor “Laser Focused” on 2024 Elections

Earlier this week, WNEG News and a large number of local residents were “tagged” in a social media post that levied accusations against the Stephens County Election Office.  Posted by local political activist Rebbekah Bennett, the post was a copy of claims and documents posted to X, formerly referred to as Twitter, with statements alleging “massive violations to “process & […]

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Tugalo Street Greenspace Fundraiser Underway

Toccoa Main Street has officially kicked off the brick paver fundraiser for the Tugalo Street Greenspace Project and Main Street Director Kristen Deal spoke with WNEG News regarding the effort. Deal notes that 2024 marks the 150th Anniversary of the City of Toccoa – chartered in 1874, a fact that she says makes the brick fundraiser even more timely – […]

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Toccoa Educator Receives Award From NGTC

By MJ Kneiser/WLHR Vanessa Lone of Toccoa, a teacher at North Georgia Technical College, has been awarded the Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Instruction (RPA). The award was presented during a recent Habersham County Rotary meeting. Lone is a medical assisting instructor and has been employed with the college since 2014. The Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in […]

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Westminster Man Arrested For Attempted Murder

The Oconee County South Carolina Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Westminster man in an attempted murder investigation.  Eric Raymond Lavoie, 51, stands charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, and domestic violence in the first degree. Lavoie was charged after an incident over the weekend in which an adult male […]

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