Category: News

City officials have provided WNEG News with a notice regarding two sewer spills that resulted from the heavy rains early this week.  According to the notice, on January 9, a city worker found two manholes overflowing.  The first Sanitary Sewer Overflow, which is defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a release of untreated or partially treated sewage from […]

At Monday’s Toccoa City Commission meeting, Josh Carroll from the city’s auditing firm, Mauldin and Jenkins, presented the City of Toccoa’s annual audit report for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2023, stating that the city received an unmodified, or “clean” report, which indicates that the city’s financials are materially correct. The report also stated that the city’s basic […]

At Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Stephens County Board of Commissioners, the county adopted the budget calendar for the Fiscal Year 2025 budget process.  Significant dates on the adopted calendar include a March 1 deadline for expenditure requests from department heads and officials, with discussions about departmental budgets taking place April 22-23 and an offsite budget review planning session for […]

Charles Edward “Ed” Stockton, 80, of Habersham, passed away yesterday, Jan. 10, as a result of injuries suffered in a three-vehicle wreck on Ga. 15/Us.441 at Georgia 17 Alternate (Talmadge Drive) in Hollywood on Dec. 21. Stockton has remained in the hospital since the crash.   According to Georgia State Patrol Post 7 Toccoa reports, Stockton, 80, was driving a Chevrolet […]

Northeast Georgia Health System’s Center for Simulation and Innovation, which trains healthcare workers in a simulated environment, recently received national recognition from Becker’s Hospital Review and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. The Center was was recently accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, an international organization that promotes the advancement of simulation-based education for healthcare professionals, for providing […]

Construction on the Tugalo Street Greenspace began earlier this week, and Main Street Toccoa officials have advised area businesses that the parking lot will be closed for demolition and construction purposes until further notice.  Alternative parking areas recommended by Main Street include the parking spots along Sage Street, Pond Street, and in the parking lot behind Linda’s Place at the […]

Glenda Ernest is stepping down after 24 years as Stephens County Probate Court Judge.  Ernest sat down with WNEG News the day she made her announcement, and said she has very mixed emotions about the decision She said the office has been a family to her over the years. She said she would miss the people the most, and the […]

Finishing up our interview from last week with Stephens County Elections Supervisor Bruce Carlisle, WNEG News reminds local citizens that early voting for the local elections will not take place until April, with election day on May 21.  Carlisle told WNEG news that they are nearing the end of the physical upgrades to the Historic Courthouse and have completed testing […]

After a day of heavy rains on Tuesday, Tuesday night saw at least a portion of the high winds predicted by the National Weather Service, with multiple resulting power outages reported in the city and county.  As of 1:20 a.m., Georgia power was reporting 4 outages with 37 customers without power in Toccoa, with no specified restoration time. One outage is […]

The January Term Grand Jury in the Superior Court of Stephens County returned more than 30 indictments on Jan. 2.  Included in the indictments were charges of malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault against Skye Savannah Shaw and Richard Fitzgerald Weir, individually and as parties concerned in the commission of a crime. According to the indictment, the charges stem […]