Author: Ethan Jordan

The Toccoa Police Department recently arrested two Toccoa residents following a 9-month-long investigation. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, on March 3, the Toccoa Police Department Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at a residence on Sunset Lane for the distribution of marijuana. At the execution of the search warrant 29-year-old, Ledonvan Crawford and 21-year-old Bridgett Vickery, both of […]

The Toccoa City Commission removed the consideration of an Entertainment District Ordinance from the agenda during its meeting on Monday. The Entertainment District Ordinance would have allowed citizens to consume alcoholic beverages on city sidewalks in the downtown area in the designated Entertainment District. Commissioner Terry Carter made an initial motion to table the reading; however, Vice Mayor Jeanette Jamieson […]

Stephens County Schools will begin vaccinating all staff members on Friday. According to Stephens County School Superintendent Dr. Daniel Oldham, all staff members will receive the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Friday, March 12, from 12:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Stephens County High School Atrium and Old Gym. The second dose will be administered on April […]

The Eastanollee Fire Department responded to Applegate Insulation Company in the Meadowbrook Industrial Park on Saturday. According to Eastanollee Fire Chief Jamie Gettys, they were called to the scene after the alarm company reported one of the fire-sprinklers were going off. Gettys says at this time, they are still working to determine what caused the fire. Eastanollee, Carnes Creek, New […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting 71 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 2,873 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Sunday afternoon. The latest report has Habersham County with 139 deaths and now 4,530 positive cases of the virus. In other neighboring counties, Franklin County […]

The Toccoa City Commission will hold the second reading of the proposed Entertainment District Ordinance today during its regular scheduled meeting at 5:00 p.m. Today’s meeting will be conducted by teleconference. Anyone wishing to attend today’s meeting can dial in at 706-898-5160. After dialing in, you’ll be prompted to input the code 790453. As WNEG News reported recently, the City […]

More counties have been added to the state’s new mass COVID-19 vaccination sites. Five new counties were added in Chatham, Ware, Washington, Bartow, and Muscogee counties. Those sites will open on March 17. With the addition of these sites, the state’s mass vaccination program will have the capacity to administer 45,000 doses weekly between nine sites throughout the state. Over […]

Main Street Toccoa is the recipient of a Tourism Product Development Grant. On March 2, Explore Georgia, the Tourism Division within the Georgia Department of Economic Development, announced that it had awarded $5,000 in tourism product development grants to Main Street Toccoa for an Alleyway Restoration Project, to be completed by July 2021. According to Main Street Manager Christian Hamilton, […]

The Stephens County Development Authority will meet on Monday, March 8, to finalize the hiring of Brittany Ivey to fill the President and Chief Executive Officer position within the Development Authority. The meeting will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the Stephens County Development Authority office located in downtown Toccoa. As WNEG News reported last week, Ivey was named the sole […]