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The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced a traffic pattern shift will start this week in Toccoa-Stephens County. The shift in traffic pattern will start on Thursday, September 15, and last for approximately four months, as the Georgia Department of Transportation and construction partner Williams Contracting Company LLC will be working on replacing the existing 88-year-old bridge on State Route […]
Read moreWNEG News has learned efforts to recover the body of the pilot killed Saturday when his plane crashed into Lake Hartwell have been temporarily suspended. According to Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland, the National Transportation Safety Board is looking for equipment needed to pull the aircraft high enough out of the trees for divers to access the doors so they […]
Read moreContinuing our coverage from last week, the State Board of Elections released its findings regarding seven complaints involving the Stephens County Elections Office. According to information obtained by WNEG from the State Board of Elections under the Open Records Act, between November 2020 and January 2021, the Georgia Office of the Secretary of State Investigations Division received multiple complaints regarding […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Lady Indians softball team stayed close, but Monroe Area pulled away late in the game for a 5-2 victory last Thursday. Riley Walker took the loss for Stephens County, going six innings, allowing ten hits and five runs while walking one. Fayeth Ivester went 2-for-4 at the plate to lead the Lady Indians in hits. Stephens County […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Board of Commissioners will meet this morning for its regular scheduled meeting. The meeting will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. inside the Historic Stephens County Courthouse. Up for consideration are motions to approve Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Amendments for recreation, elections, chief executive, code enforcement, planning and zoning, buildings and grounds, and data processing; to approve the […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Transportation has announced a traffic pattern shift will start this week in Toccoa-Stephens County. The shift in traffic pattern will start on Thursday, September 15, and last for approximately four months, as the Georgia Department of Transportation and construction partner Williams Contracting Company LLC will be working on replacing the existing 88-year-old bridge on State Route […]
Read moreStephens County Sheriff’s Office has been working with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in Walhalla to investigate a series of stolen vehicles and burglaries. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, on August 30, investigators with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reached out to the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division and advised that Kenneth Charles Goss, 25, of […]
Read moreStephens County Election Supervisor Krista Terry says the Stephens County Elections Office has scheduled its Logic and Accuracy testing for the upcoming November 2022 General Election. Terry says on Monday, September 26, beginning at 9 a.m. her office will conduct the Logic and Accuracy testing at the Stephens County Historic Courthouse. She says all BMDs, ICPs, and Poll Pads to […]
Read moreThe State Board of Elections has released its findings regarding seven complaints involving the Stephens County Elections Office. According to information obtained by WNEG from the State Board of Elections under the Open Records Act, between November 2020 and January 2021, the Georgia Office of the Secretary of State Investigations Division received multiple complaints regarding the administration of election duties […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Indians will be on the road in high school football action tonight as they travel to Dawsonville to take on the Dawson County Tigers. This is the first meeting in football for the Indians and Tigers. Last week Stephens County had a big win at home against Flowery Branch, 27 to 11, to improve their record at […]
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