Author: Ethan Jordan

Last month the new Georgia World War II Heritage Trail was presented with a TravelBlazers Award by the Georgia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus at their annual conference in Savannah. GACVB Executive Director Jay Markwalter says quote, “This tourism award recognizes a variety of new destination attractions and innovative ideas that have resulted from the creativity, passion and teamwork […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Stephens County’s Chamber of Commerce and Welcome Center is receiving a grant from the State to go towards tourism recovery efforts. Last week, Governor Brian Kemp in partnership with Explore Georgia, the state tourism office within the Georgia Department of Economic Development, announced the recipients of a special round of Tourism Recovery Marketing Grants. The Explore […]

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

The Stephens County Board of Elections will meet today for its regular scheduled meeting. According to Stephens County Registrar April Roberts the meeting will be held in the Stephens County Historic Courthouse at 5:30 p.m. Roberts says the public is invited and encouraged to attend. For questions regarding today’s Board of Elections meeting contact Roberts by calling 706-886-8954.

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners have filled the three at-large seats on the restructured Board of Elections and Registration for Stephens County. During the Stephens County Board of Commissioners regular scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Fredda Wheeler, Billy Chism, and Mack Poss were selected to fill the three at-large seats and Lori McAvoy representing the Stephens County Republican Party and […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners held the first reading and public hearing for the proposed Fiscal Year 2022 budget at its meeting on Tuesday. As WNEG News previously reported, the proposed budget was presented to the board by County Administrator Phyllis Ayers at the last meeting in May. She says the budget does not include a millage rate increase […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR We’ve all heard of stories on the news of elderly persons with dementia who go missing. Most of the time, they have simply walked away from their homes and time is of the essence to find them and reunite them with their families, according to North Georgia Elder Abuse Task Force founder Joseph Gavalis. “We found […]

A Toccoa man has been arrested in Stephens County on charges for possession of drugs. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, 61-year-old Roger Gary Jackson was arrested after a search yielded prepackaged methamphetamine. Shirley says Sheriff’s Investigators received multiple tips regarding drug activity at a residence on Georgia Highway 123. Investigators were familiar with the subject living at the […]

The Stephens County Board of Elections will meet on Thursday, June 10, for its regular scheduled meeting. According to Stephens County Registrar April Roberts the meeting will be held in the Stephens County Historic Courthouse at 5:30 p.m. Roberts says the public is invited and encouraged to attend. For questions regarding the upcoming Board of Elections meeting contact Roberts by […]

As a reminder, the Toccoa City Commission’s meeting scheduled for next week will be conducted in-person. The Toccoa City Commission decided in May that it would no longer hold virtual meetings but instead begin meeting in person since COVID cases are at a record low and many of Toccoa residents have been vaccinated. As WNEG News reported last month, Commissioner […]