Category: News

The Stephens County Hospital Authority met on Monday for its regular scheduled meeting; during which, Authority Chairman Mark Wilkinson explained that the Rural Tax Credit is one option that could save Stephens County Hospital from closing. As WNEG News reported last week, the Stephens County Hospital Authority met with the Stephens County Board of Commissioners and the Toccoa City Commission […]

Local international ministry Love Him Love Them is in need of volunteers. On Saturday, September 4, Love Him Love Them ministry will be loading a shipping container with donated earthquake relief supplies to be shipped to Haiti, at the Lake Hartwell Marine at Rocky’s Storage, located at 195 Poplar Springs Road, in Lavonia. According to Love Him Love Them Ministry […]

Stephens County Election Supervisor April Roberts is reminding residents, who are not registered to vote, interested in voting in the upcoming November General Election to register to vote prior to the October deadline. She says you can register to vote now until the close of business on October 4, 2021. Additionally, Roberts says anyone wishing to vote by absentee ballot […]

The Toccoa Police Department has announced that Brodrique Simone Dixon, 32, of Toccoa, has been arrested. Dixon was wanted in connection to the fatal shooting that left one dead, and another injured near Whitman Park on Sunday. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, Dixon turned himself in to the detectives Tuesday morning. He was processed by the GBI and […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Lavonia resident Rebecca Dixon is on the ground in New Orleans with a Salvation Army disaster relief team helping the thousands there impacted by Hurricane Ida. Dixon is the Toccoa Center Service Director for the Toccoa/Cornelia Chapter of the Salvation Army in Toccoa. She was deployed Tuesday to New Orleans with The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster […]

The fifth season of the Ritz Theatre’s Open Mic Monday is slated to begin later this month. The competition will begin on Monday, September 20, at 7 p.m. and continue on the third Monday of each month through December, culminating in a Winner’s Showcase in January. Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh says anyone interested in being a contestant can […]

One man is dead and a child was injured in a one-vehicle wreck Monday on I-85. It happened Monday morning at about 11a on I-85 Northbound near mile marker 157. According to Franklin County Coroner Scott O’Barr, the vehicle left the roadway and overturned several times. “Franklin County 911 received multiple calls in reference to a motor vehicle accident on […]

The annual Tugaloo River Water Trail Sunset Paddle is coming up this weekend in Toccoa-Stephens County. Beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 4, the paddle will launch at Broken Bridges Park. The paddle is jointly sponsored by the Tugaloo River Water Trail and Stephens County Foundation. Participants are asked to sign-up online through the Tugaloo River Water Trail’s Facebook […]

Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have secured a murder warrant for Brodrique Simone Dixon, 32, of Toccoa, in connection to the deadly shooting that occurred in Stephens County, Sunday night. As WNEG News reported Sunday, the shooting occurred near the Whitman Park, off of Broad Street, around 6:30 p.m. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, Stephens County […]

As the world continues to see the number of COVID cases surge, Stephens County also is facing a surge among its residents. According to the Department of Public Health, there have been 3,445 total cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County, since the start of the pandemic, an increase of 118 since WNEG’s report last week. The death count for Stephens […]