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On Friday, July 26, The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release regarding implementation of the traffic control and citation cameras that were installed on Big A Road earlier in the summer. According to the press release, the traffic cameras located in the school zone outside Stephens County High School at Big A Road and White Pine Road will […]
Read moreOfficials from North Georgia Credit Union recently contacted WNEG News asking that we help advise citizens that there has been recents occurrences of a scam in which individuals are spoofing the credit union’s phone number and contacting people through phone calls, texts and emails. According to information from North Georgia Credit Union, the scammers are posing as North Georgia Credit […]
Read moreA reminder that the The Fourth Annual Back-to-School Bash takes place today from 5-7 p.m. at the Historic Ritz Theatre, 66 W Doyle Street in Toccoa. Main Street Toccoa and the Historic Ritz Theatre are teaming up to bring inflatable activities, tattoos, school supplies, treats, and hot dogs – all free of charge. There will be a giant inflatable water […]
Read moreDuring a Toccoa Municipal Court session Thursday Morning, July 25, Judge Robert Sneed heard testimony from Toccoa Chief of Police Jimmy Mize and statements from City Attorney John Dickerson as well as testimony and comments from Gopal Pal, resident manager of Regency Inn on West Currahee Street in Toccoa, and Pal’s attorney James Irvin. The hearing was in response to […]
Read moreOn Monday, WNEG News contacted the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office to get an update on the traffic control cameras on Big A Road surrounding the intersection with White Pine Road, and we hope to have complete details regarding the implementation schedule and other details for the cameras in time for tomorrow’s news cycle. In April, Captain Stephen Stewart, with the […]
Read moreThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, J. Strom Thurmond Lake and Dam Project, Forest, Fish, and Wildlife section, will host primitive weapons deer hunts in Bussey Point Corps Management Unit, located in Lincoln County, Georgia, in October, November and December this year. All hunts are limited to the first 75 hunters to arrive per day – first-come, first-served basis. Archery […]
Read moreStephens County High School’s new Athletic Director was officially introduced at a “Meet & Greet” event at the high school Tuesday evening. Eric Sutulovich comes to Stephens County from Cherokee Bluff High School in Flowery Branch, where he has served as Special Teams Coordinator for the football team. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Special Teams Coach with the […]
Read moreAt the July 23 regularly-scheduled meeting of the Stephens County Board of Commissioners, Board members considered and voted on an application from RLP Investments, LLC for rezoning on three parcels of property in order to accommodate planned workforce housing construction. The rezoning requests were placed for two parcels on Racetrack Road and one parcel on Coker Road, equalling roughly 60 […]
Read moreIn a July 17 report in partnership with Georgia Recorder: Artificial Intelligence is another technological advancement like calculators once were, and educators should help students learn to use it constructively rather than resist allowing them to use it in their coursework, said the chair of a Georgia Senate study committee considering how to respond to the emerging software. Through three […]
Read moreYesterday evening, July 22, at approximately 7 p.m., traffic was disrupted in downtown Toccoa when a crash flipped a car upside down on W. Tugalo Street at the corner of N. Alexander Street. The female driver was airlifted for medical care of unknown injuries. Georgia State Patrol was in charge of the scene and investigation into the crash. At 10:15 […]
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