Author: Ethan Jordan

Public Safety Day is coming up this weekend on Saturday, June 12. Join Toccoa’s First Responders at the Public Safety Day event located at Ebenezer Baptist Church, at 49 Roselane, in Toccoa, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Toccoa Police Department have partnered together to host this family-friendly […]

Stephens County Nutrition Department will continue its Summer Meals Program this week in Stephens County. During the summer months, the program provides a free sack lunch, Monday through Thursday, to children 18 and younger in Stephens County. It may be hard to believe, but there are many children in Stephens County who don’t get enough to eat during the summer […]

The Historic Ritz Theatre will continue its summer movie series this week with two screenings of Onward on Thursday, June 10. 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 […]

A Toccoa woman was arrested following a recent roll over wreck. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, on June 4, at approximately 3:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to Collins Road in reference to a motor vehicle collision with unknown injuries. The vehicle in question had rolled over onto its side and was at rest in the Walgreen’s water runoff. […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners will meet on Tuesday for its regular scheduled meeting. During which, the board will hold the first reading and public hearing for the proposed Fiscal Year 2022 Budget. 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 […]

Main Street Toccoa will continue its Ida Cox Music Series this upcoming weekend with a performance by Vintage Vixens. Main Street Manager Christian Hamilton says this year’s concert series will be a combination of returning and new performers. Vintage Vixens is the headlining act and will take the stage following a performance by opening act Michael McCollough at 7 p.m. […]

The Toccoa Stephens County Humane Shelter has closed cat intakes and cat adoptions due to the outbreak of the highly contagious and deadly, Feline Panleukopenia virus. According to Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter Executive Director Jeff Roberts, to date, 10 cats/kittens have died or tested positive for the virus and were euthanized. He says they currently have 34 cats/kittens at the […]

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has announced the arrest of a Pickens County man for the sexual exploitation of children. According to the GBI, on Tuesday, June 1, 33-year-old Frederick Austin Homonek, was arrested and charged with four counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children for the possession of child pornography by the GBI’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit. The […]

C.A.S.T. for Kids Lake Hartwell has announced an upcoming event for special needs children, ages 6-18, in Stephens and surrounding counties. On Saturday, June 5, join C.A.S.T. for Kids Lake Hartwell for a joyful day of fishing and boating for kids with special needs, their families, and community volunteers. The event will run from 8:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Participants […]