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A Toccoa man is facing multiple felony charges in Franklin County and Athens-Clarke County after a home invasion over the weekend. It happened on Saturday in the Plainview Community on Highway 51 near Carnesville. According to Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas, a homeowner answered a knock at the front door, and when they opened the door, a man entered the […]

The Toccoa City Commission approved a resolution concerning the Georgia General Assembly Redistricting on Monday during its regular scheduled meeting. As WNEG News previously reported, Toccoa Vice Mayor Jeanette Jamieson recommended the resolution during the Toccoa City Commission’s last meeting in June. At the time, Jamieson explained that in her experience, small counties are in jeopardy of losing political influence […]

The first Veterans Coffee in well over a year was held last Wednesday in the Mitchell-Allen Meeting Room at the Currahee Military Museum. Stephens County Historical Society Executive Director Brenda Carlan said that they were unable to host the event for months due to Covid-19, and for the first one back the turnout was great. “A lot of things happened […]

The Toccoa Little League is hosting the District 7 Little League and Junior League tournaments at Doyle Street Park this weekend and one of their own was presented a very special state award on Friday night. Toccoa Little League Vice President of baseball Doug McCollum was presented the very first “Georgia Little League State Volunteer of the Year”.   Friends […]

A Hart County man has turned himself to the Hart County Sheriff’s office in connection with a shooting Thursday night. Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland tells WNEG sister station WLHR at about 10:30p Thursday evening his office received a call that a woman had been shot. When deputies arrived at the residence on Fleming Road they found a woman lying […]

Fire Investigators with the State Fire Marshal’s Office are assisting the Georgia State Patrol and the Hart County Sheriff’s Office with the investigation into the accident last weekend at the Hartwell Speedway that killed a spectator and injured two others. On Thursday, Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner John F. King announced his investigators are inspecting the track’s permits and ensuring […]

An Eastanollee man has been indicted in Stephens County for two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The Stephens County Grand Jury indicted 19-year-old Troy’Onta Ry’Tarious Finley earlier this week for an incident that occurred on May 19. As WNEG News initially reported, 17-year-old Cassidy Blalock, of Toccoa, was shot at […]

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office with the help of deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office made an arrest after receiving information that an individual was sending obscene text messages and explicit photos to a juvenile. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, investigators obtained the juvenile’s phone and found multiple lude photographs and text messages requesting sexual contact, all […]

Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced on Wednesday that a recent Habersham County restaurant fire has been ruled an act of arson. The fire was reported to local authorities just before 6:45 p.m. on July 5 and was set in the men’s restroom of the LongHorn Steakhouse, located on Carpenter’s Cove Lane, in Cornelia. Responders with the […]

A Toccoa man has been indicted in Stephens County on one count of felony murder and one count of aggravated assault. The Stephens County Grand Jury indicted 55-year-old Rex Douglas Holbrook earlier this week with the aforementioned charges. According to the indictment, the charges of murder and aggravated assault stem from an incident that occurred on March 30. As WNEG […]