Category: News

The Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter has opened back up for cat and kitten intake and adoptions following a virus outbreak. As WNEG News previously reported, the Humane Shelter temporarily closed its Cat and Kitten intake and adoption services earlier this month due to an outbreak of the highly contagious and deadly, Feline Panleukopenia virus. The Feline Panleukopenia virus is similar […]

The Toccoa City Commission received an update from Stephens County Development Authority during its meeting on Monday. Stephens County Development Authority President and CEO Brittany Ivey came before the Commission for the update. Ivey says that despite the many challenges in 2020 brought on by the COVID pandemic, overall local industries had a good year. Ivey says seven industries in […]

A Gainesville Firefighter and EMT was killed over the weekend on Lake Tugalo in Rabun County. According to Mark McKinnon with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Chandler Breck Patterson, age 27, of Braselton fell off an inner tube being pulled by a boat. McKinnon said the boater, identified as 20-year-old Kaplan Stacy Mitchell of Clayton, turned around to pick […]

The Toccoa City Commission met on Monday to consider a Mobile Food Truck Ordinance. The Ordinance for Mobile Food Venders was previously discussed by the City Commission however no action was taken at that time. According to City Manager Billy Morse, the Food Truck Ordinance was drafted because there is no ordinance regulating food trucks within the city limits. “The […]

The Historic Ritz Theatre will continue its summer movie series this week with two screenings of Wonder Woman 1984 According to Historic Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh, the Summer Movie Series will continue every Thursday in July, and screen a different movie with two showings, one at 10 a.m. and the other at 7 p.m. Mayhugh says the Summer […]

The Toccoa City Commission will meet today for its regular scheduled meeting. As WNEG News previously reported, all future meetings of the Toccoa City Commission will be conducted in-person which started with the first meeting in June. Anyone wishing to attend today’s meeting is invited to meet in the City Commission room at Toccoa City Hall. The meeting will begin […]

Main Street Toccoa will continue its Ida Cox Music Series this weekend with a performance by Edgar Loudermilk and Yonah Mountain String Band. Edgar Loudermilk is the headlining act and will take the stage following a performance by opening act Yonah Mountain String Band at 7 p.m. The series is named for Ida Cox, who was born Ida Prather in […]

Now that vaccines are available for COVID-19, the number of cases is on the decline in Georgia but a virus that’s been around for a long time is on the increase. It’s RSV or Respiratory Syncytial Virus. On Monday, District Two Public Health issued a health advisory regarding an increased activity of RSV after it was notified of an uptick […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday for its regular scheduled meeting; during which, Stephens County School Superintendent Dr. Daniel Oldham came before the commission to discuss the school systems plans for a piece of property owned by the county. Oldham says the school system was hoping to gain ownership of the property to be the site of […]

This weekend, Toccoa Amateur Radio Society is hosting Field Day, a Ham Radio open house. Every June, more than 40,000 ham radio enthusiasts throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio science, skill and service to communities around the nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in […]