Author: Ethan Jordan

Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober has released some key dates for voters in Stephens County. Gober says September 15 marks the earliest day her office can mail an absentee ballot for the November General Election and Special Election. October 5 is the last day a person can register to vote and be eligible to vote in the November General Election […]

The Georgia Department of Public Safety has announced that 18 people died on Georgia roads during the Labor Day Holiday Travel Period. The Labor Day holiday travel period ended Monday night at 11:59 p.m. after 78-hours. Nine of the fatalities occurred between 6 p.m. Sunday, September 6, and 6 a.m. Monday, September 7. According to the Georgia Department of Public […]

Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center in Toccoa for Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Captain Stan Elrod. The funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. and burial will follow in Stephens Memorial Gardens. Elrod was struck and killed by a motorist last Thursday evening in Madison County while physically training in […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting 28 total deaths in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19; additionally, there are 898 total positive cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County. The latest report was released Monday afternoon. DPH is also reporting Habersham County now has 65 deaths, and 1,404 total positive cases of the virus. In other neighboring counties,  […]

Main Street Toccoa will host another installment of the Ida Cox Summer Music Series this weekend in Toccoa-Stephens County. Main Street Toccoa Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby says this week’s concert will feature headlining act ThunderGypsy. ThunderGypsy is a Southern Soul and Blues band based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Crosby adds that Main Street Toccoa will continue to encourage social distancing […]

The Stephens County School System has released another COVID-19 update. According to the update, Stephens County Middle School administration was notified of a teacher who tested positive for COVID-19. Additionally, Big A Elementary School administration was notified of a student who received a positive COVID-19 test result; later, the administration was notified of another student who received a positive COVID-19 […]

The August 11th Primary Runoff election recount will be held today in Stephens County. According to Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober, the recount will begin at 11 a.m. on the second floor of the Historic Stephens County Courthouse. As WNEG News told you recently, Republican Candidate for the 50th District State Senate Stacy Hall requested the recount after his challenger […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR A special committee appointed by Governor Brian Kemp is studying whether Hart County Commissioner R.C. Oglesby should be removed from office. In an executive order issued August 20, the Governor appointed a three-member committee to look into whether the indictment against Oglesby is enough to remove him from his Commission seat. Kemp has appointed Attorney General […]

Royston Police Chief Donnie Boleman is working with the City of Royston to put surveillance cameras in each of the City’s public parks. Boleman made the request at the City Council meeting earlier this month after a woman reported a shooting in July in Tony Jones Park. According to Chief Boleman three of the four suspects in that incident have […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting another death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19 bringing the total to 26. DPH is now reporting 12 more total positive cases of Covid-19 in Stephens bringing that total to 820. The latest report was released Sunday afternoon. DPH is also reporting an additional death in Habersham County bringing that […]