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A Stephens County Commissioner recently received recognition through the ACCG. During the 2019 ACCG Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia, Stephens County Commissioner Dennis Bell was awarded a certificate for completing the Revenue & Finance track through the Lifelong Learning Academy. ACCG Executive Director Dave Wills says the Lifelong Learning Academy was created to help county officials expand their skillset, equipping […]

The first of two readings and public hearings is now over and one more will be held this month before the Toccoa City Commission votes to pass the Fiscal 2020 Toccoa City Budget. At their regular meeting Monday night, City attorney John Dickerson called for the first reading of the budget.  Toccoa’s proposed FY2020 budget is just over $34.5 million. […]

The next intergovernmental meeting to discuss SPLOST VII is tentatively scheduled for just after the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Due to ongoing County Commission departmental budget talks, the official public notice from the County of Monday’s intergovernmental meeting was not sent out in time and the planned meeting  with the City Commission was canceled. WNEG News will let listeners know […]

A reward is being offered for the return of the dog belonging to the family of a teenage girl found dead in Watsadler Park campground in Hartwell last month. Hart County Animal Rescue president Judy Partain says the dog, went missing several days after the 16-year old girl was found dead at the campground across from the family’s home on […]

An opportunity for job seekers is coming to Stephens County today. That’s according to Social Worker Brenda Gragg, with the Salvation Army Toccoa Office. Gragg tells WNEG News that an on-site recruitment event for the United States Census 2020 will be held at The Salvation Army Meeting Room, located at 306 East Franklin Street, today beginning at 10 a.m. The […]

Stephens County residents will see an unchanged millage rate in Fiscal Year 2020. That’s according to Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, who told WNEG News on Friday, the goal of the Stephens County Board of Commissioners is not to face raising the millage rate; therefore, limiting any unnecessary use of the fund balance. All last week, the board of commissioners […]

The City of Toccoa will host the next round of Special Purpose Local Option Sales discussions after their regular meeting this evening. Toccoa is hoping to receive $9-million in the next round of SPLOST monies. City officials have already met once with the County Board of Commissioners to make their case for the $9-million, which is $3-million more than they […]

In Franklin County, a Royston man will spend the next 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to the rape of a woman and a child. On May 6, 53-year old Keelon Glen Bradley pled guilty to two counts of rape and three counts of child molestation in Franklin County Superior Court. “Bradley agreed to the plea in order to […]

State Senator John Wilkinson is throwing his support behind House Bill 481, known as the LIFE Act. On his Facebook page, Wilkinson commended Governor Kemp for taking a stand for life. “Thank you Governor Kemp,” Wilkinson wrote. “We will not be a great state unless we protect the sanctity of life for all our citizens, including the ones who cannot […]

The 27th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is this weekend in Stephens County. Letter carriers from Martin, Eastanollee and Toccoa will be joining thousands of volunteers and other letter carriers on Saturday, May 11, to help millions of struggling families throughout the United States through this annual food drive. The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive has become the largest […]