Category: News

With this being the first day of September, we will soon be approaching the first month of school. Stephens County School System Superintendent Dr. Daniel Oldham tells WNEG news that dealing with a pandemic has required adjustments, but feels that everyone involved has handled it well. “I think the biggest adjustment are things we have implemented to create social distancing […]

Bo Hatchett will represent the Republican Party for the 50th District State Senate seat in the general election in November. A recount of the votes from the August 11th runoff with Hatchett and opponent Stacy Hall had Hatchett with one more vote on the plus side than those counted on August 11th to win by 41 votes. Hall had requested […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting yet another death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19 bringing the total now to 27. DPH is now reporting 25 more total positive cases of Covid-19 in Stephens bringing that total to 845. The latest report was released Monday afternoon. Locally, Stephens County Hospital and its facilities have administered 4,782 […]

The Stephens County School System has released another COVID-19 update. According to the update, Stephens County Middle School administration was notified of a teacher who tested positive for COVID-19. Additionally, Big A Elementary School administration was notified of a student who received a positive COVID-19 test result; later, the administration was notified of another student who received a positive COVID-19 […]

The August 11th Primary Runoff election recount will be held today in Stephens County. According to Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober, the recount will begin at 11 a.m. on the second floor of the Historic Stephens County Courthouse. As WNEG News told you recently, Republican Candidate for the 50th District State Senate Stacy Hall requested the recount after his challenger […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR A special committee appointed by Governor Brian Kemp is studying whether Hart County Commissioner R.C. Oglesby should be removed from office. In an executive order issued August 20, the Governor appointed a three-member committee to look into whether the indictment against Oglesby is enough to remove him from his Commission seat. Kemp has appointed Attorney General […]

Royston Police Chief Donnie Boleman is working with the City of Royston to put surveillance cameras in each of the City’s public parks. Boleman made the request at the City Council meeting earlier this month after a woman reported a shooting in July in Tony Jones Park. According to Chief Boleman three of the four suspects in that incident have […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting another death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19 bringing the total to 26. DPH is now reporting 12 more total positive cases of Covid-19 in Stephens bringing that total to 820. The latest report was released Sunday afternoon. DPH is also reporting an additional death in Habersham County bringing that […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting another death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19. The latest report brings a total of 25 deaths, and a total of 808 total positive cases of Covid-19. The latest report was released Friday afternoon. DPH is also reporting an additional death in Habersham County bringing that total to 62, and […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners approved a motion designating 911 Emergency Telecommunication Officers as First Responders. According to Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers the designation will allow the county to allocate COVID-19 relief funds to pay the salaries of the 911 dispatchers. “The reason this is needed is because we’ve got two COVID-19 Relief Fund reimbursement programs going on,” […]