Municipal Election Qualifying starts next Monday

The Stephens County Elections and Voter Registration Office reminds local residents that qualifying for Toccoa and Martin Municipal elections begins next Monday.  As previously reported by WNEG News, Election Supervisor Bruce Carlisle has confirmed that  there will be two elections for the City of Toccoa, running simultaneously. One election is a special election to fill the vacant commission seat left […]

Read more

Martin resident competes in international event, team secures 5th place finish out of

Kaylynn Crump of Martin recently had the opportunity to travel to Liverpool, England, to compete in the inaugural International Baton Twirling Federation  World Championships, where she and her team secured a fifth place finish among teams from 21 countries.  Crump is a member of a competition baton twirling team that trains at Forte Dance & Twirl Studio in Roswell.  As […]

Read more

Board of Education meeting tonight

The Stephens County Board of Education will meet tonight for the Board’s regularly scheduled monthly meeting.  The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be held at the district office, 191 Big A School Road in Toccoa. The public is invited to attend. The agenda for tonight’s meeting includes the announcement of the school system’s monthly Spirit of Stephens […]

Read more

Public Health Department urges caution during extreme heat

Although today’s weather forecast from the National Weather Service does not include the heat advisory that marked the last two days, District 2 Public Health Department is still providing a cautionary notice to residents to be safe when the temperatures do rise to extreme levels. Heat-related illnesses pose a significant threat to public health, particularly among vulnerable populations such as […]

Read more

Franklin County District 2 Public Health closure begins today

A reminder that the temporary closure of the Franklin County Health Department building begins today, Aug. 14.  As reported earlier by WNEG sister station WLHR in Lavonia, District 2 Public Health in July that the Franklin County building would be undergoing an extensive renovation project.  At the Franklin County Commission work session in June, County Manager Derrick Turner told the […]

Read more

Carlisle sworn in as State Board of Corrections member

On Tuesday, August 01, Stephens County Elections Supervisor Bruce Carlisle was sworn in by Governor Brian Kemp as the most recent member of the Georgia Board of Corrections.   The ceremony took place in the Governor’s Ceremonial Office at the State Capitol in Atlanta.   Accompanying him at the ceremony was Deputy Elections Supervisor Isaac Overstreet and his oldest daughter, Jennifer Steele. […]

Read more
1 55 56 57 58 59 1,086