Author: Ethan Jordan

Tomorrow is election day in Toccoa-Stephens County. At the close of business on Friday, 1,446 residents had cast early ballots. For anyone who is waiting for election day to vote, the voting precinct, at the Stephens County Senior Center, located on Rose Lane, will be open on Tuesday from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. According to Stephens County Registrar Eureka […]

The Toccoa City Commission will meet later today for its regular scheduled meeting. Today’s meeting will be conducted through teleconference. To attend the meeting by phone, you can call in at 706-898-5160. After calling in you’ll be prompted to input the code 790453. Up for consideration is several alcohol licenses for various businesses in the city. Those businesses include R […]

The Georgia Department of Agriculture has developed an online resource for reporting and instructions on proper disposal of mysterious seeds from China. As WNEG News told you recently, people in Toccoa-Stephens County and across the country have been reporting receiving packages of seeds in the mail from China that they never ordered. Georgia residents who have received these unsolicited seeds […]

Stephens County residents will again be offered an option to recycle. According to County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, the City of Toccoa and Stephens County are partnering together to bring back a recycle program to offer the residents of Stephens County. She says beginning today, residents will once again be able to recycle at two of the convenience center locations. White […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting another death in Stephens County, bringing its total to 12 fatalities and 588 cases of COVID-19. The Department of Public Health is reporting that Habersham County has 48 fatalities due to the virus and 1,102 positive cases of the virus. Locally, Stephens County Hospital and its facilities have tested 4,218 individuals for […]

Today is the final day to cast an early ballot for the Primary Run Off election in Stephens County. According to Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober early voting will run today from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Stephens County Historical Courthouse. Gober says anyone who plans to vote by absentee ballot must submit an application for one no […]

The suspect who fled on foot Wednesday after being chased into Stephens County from Habersham County has been apprehended. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, Calvin Martin White, 32, of Missouri, was apprehended Thursday morning. White is wanted in Missouri for four felony charges. He is also facing numerous traffic related charges in Habersham and Stephens Counties. The search […]

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office made arrests in three separate incidents on July 30. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, the first arrest came after investigators initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle on Georgia Hwy 17. He says during the traffic stop investigators could smell the odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle which led to a […]

The Georgia Department of Community Health has released a Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 report this week. The report shows COVID-19 cases in licensed nursing homes, assisted living communities and personal care homes of 25 beds or more based on data reported by the facilities to the Georgia Department of Public Health. In Stephens County, Pruitt Health, in Toccoa, has 133 […]

The Historic Ritz Theatre will hold its second installment of its Saturday Matinees this weekend in downtown Toccoa. According to Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh, throughout the month of August, the theatre will be screening films on Saturday mornings at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. She says the films being played in August were originally scheduled for the first […]