Category: News

Local leaders from three counties are working together to come up with ideas and ways to attract more tourism to our region. Franklin, Hart, and Stephens County leadership sat down Tuesday for the third meeting of the Regional Tourism Roundtable at the Lavonia train depot. Two previous meetings were held last August and November. Hosted by Archway Partnership, Franklin County […]

Stephens County residents have less than a week to register to vote before the Presidential Preference Primary in March. On Monday, February 24, all residents who have not registered to vote will be ineligible to vote in the upcoming election. WNEG News reported last week that in Stephens County 776 inactive registered voters were purged from the voter rolls; however, […]

A winter weather advisory has been placed on Habersham County resulting in all Habersham County Schools being closed today for faculty, staff, and students. Also, all campuses of North Georgia Technical College are closed today as well. All Stephens County Schools will operate on their normal schedule. All White County Schools and Rabun County Schools are closed for the day. […]

The Stephens County Registrar’s Office will be holding a public demonstration on the new voting machines next week. According to Deputy Registrar April Roberts, the demonstration is to allow voters a chance to become familiar to the new machines prior to election day. “Next Monday through Friday, we are going to have demonstrations where citizens can come in from 10 […]

Toccoa Main Street is gearing up for Arbor Day in Toccoa-Stephens County. Each year, Toccoa Main Street organizes a tree planting ceremony in downtown Toccoa. This year, Arbor Day falls on Friday, February 21. Main Street Toccoa’s Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby says on Friday, the city has plans to plant a white oak and two dogwood trees on the courthouse […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR The Franklin County School Board has accepted the resignation of High School teacher James Hindman, Jr after an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct with female high school students. Additionally, the School also filed a complaint with the Georgia Professional Standards Commission. The Complaint cites two main violations – that Hindman lied on his initial application […]

Stephens County residents have less than a week to register to vote before the Presidential Preference Primary in March. On Monday, February 24, all residents who have not registered to vote will be ineligible to vote in the upcoming election. WNEG News reported last week that in Stephens County 776 inactive registered voters were purged from the voter rolls; however, […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners voted and approved a motion to extend the hours of operations at two convenient sites in the County. During its regular scheduled meeting, last week, the board agreed to extend the White Pines Convenience Site hours from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Mondays. Previously, the White Pines […]

The Stephens County Board of Education will meet this evening for its regular scheduled meeting. Items up for discussion include the financial reports for January and the SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) Activity report. The board will also consider awarding Cirrus Networks the bid to replace the intercom systems at Big A Elementary, Liberty Elementary, and Toccoa Elementary […]

The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated one of its newest members, Underdog’s Convenience Store, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Underdog’s Convenience Store is located at 3436 Hwy 17, in Toccoa. Owner Chris Bradberry says the name Underdog comes from the story about a group of racecar drivers that were the underdog because they didn’t have a sponsor. He […]