Category: News

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 & […]

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 – […]

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 […]

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 […]

Two charges have been filed against former Habersham County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Chance Oxner following a crash on Jan. 16 in Hall County.  Georgia State Patrol records show that Oxner, 55, of Mount Airy, has been charged with following too closely and leaving the scene of an accident after he was involved in a rear-end collision.  According to GSP incident […]

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Dalton Simpson, from Toccoa, collects a sample of fuel to inspect for impurities during a replenishment-at-sea with Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104). Sterett is assigned to Carrier Strike Group ONE and deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in […]

At the close of the second week of the 2024 Legislative Session of the Georgia General Assembly, District 50 State Senator Bo Hatchett submitted a weekly update, which is published in its entirety below. As we conclude the second week of the 2024 Legislative Session, I take pride in the General Assembly’s diligent examination of our state’s budgetary needs during […]

Taking a quick look at upcoming events of note around the community, WNEG reminds our listeners that tomorrow, Jan. 25, the Northeast Georgia Library System, the Toccoa/Stephens County Library and the Toccoa/Stephens County Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a ceremony to mark the opening of the new Bookmobile. Starting at 10 a.m. at the local public library, located at […]

On Jan. 22, Demetrius Sanchez Smith, 34, of Toccoa, pleaded guilty in Stephens County Superior Court for the second time in less than six months, both times entering his pleas moments before the jury was empanelled for trial on charges Smith faced.  In this week’s plea agreement, Smith pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, one […]

Toccoa City Commissioners met yesterday for more than six hours, convening the annual planning session at noon, which ended at 4:30 with a brief tour of the Toccoa City Hall building to give all commissioners a chance to see the extent of deterioration and damage to the structure as the city begins to look at conducting extensive renovation to the […]