Author: Jessica Waters

The 2024 Summer Movies Series continues tomorrow, July 11, at the Historic Ritz Theatre with Disney’s Elemental. The first showing will be at 10 a.m. There will be a second showing at 7 p.m. The  annual Summer Movie Series features family-friendly movies at the Historic Ritz Theatre, located at 139 Doyle Street in downtown Toccoa, every Thursday in June and […]

 Hurricane Beryl made landfall early Monday morning near Matagorda, Texas, causing severe damage to homes, business and infrastructure, and widespread power outages. As part of its severe weather preparations, Georgia Power creates mutual agreements with other utilities to send and receive help when natural disasters strike. On Monday night, Georgia Power sent a team of more than 50 company personnel […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. today for a regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting will take place at the Historic Courthouse, 37 West Tugalo Street in Toccoa. Prior to the regular meeting, the Board will hold two public hearings regarding proposed changes to county ordinances. First up will be the first reading and public hearing […]

The start of the 2024-25 school year is now less than a month away, and the date for the 2024 Back to School Prayer Motorcade has been announced. The first day of the 2024-25 school year will take place on Friday, August 2nd, with New Teacher Orientation on July 25 and 26, and preplanning for teachers and staff taking place […]

On July 3, Paul Douglas Greene was arrested and booked into the Stephens County Jail on charges that include a misdemeanor charge of Homicide by Vehicle, 2nd Degree, in connection with the May 18 crash on Big A Road that took the life of Shane Alzen.  Greene posted bond of $4,500 and was released the same day.  Under Georgia law, […]

Be on the lookout for 81-year-old local resident Julio Vena, who is missing from his home on Beaverbrook Drive (off of Fernside Drive near Big A Road) and was last seen at around 3 a.m. today, July 6. He is known to wander from his home, and suffers from Alzheimers. Toccoa Chief of Police Jimmy Mize advised WNEG News that […]

UPDATE: An Eastanollee teen involved in Saturday afternoon’s wreck involving a church van in Demorest died early Wednesday, July 3. Habersham County Coroner Kasey McEntire confirmed that 15-year-old Theodore “Teddy ” Bone, 15, succumbed to his injuries at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends, and the whole River Point community during […]

WNEG News spoke recently with Toccoa Chief of Police Jimmy Mize, who provided an update and details on the city police department’s involvement in several recent crimes and investigations in Toccoa and Stephens County.  First, Mize spoke of a fatal fentanyl overdose that occurred June 28 at 2:20 p.m. from the Toccoa Motel on South Pond Street.  Next, he spoke […]

Toccoa City Hall will be closed Thursday, July 4th, in observance of Independence Day. Routes for garbage and recycling scheduled to be picked up on Thursday, July 4th will be picked up on Friday, July 5th. Commercial garbage will be picked up as usual, but yard waste and other items will not be picked up. The Toccoa Police and Fire […]

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested and charged Zatorian Y’Deetris Lacy, 21, of Toccoa, with misdemeanor obstruction and disorderly conduct; Christopher Lee Lacy, 28, of Toccoa, with false statements, and Shane Ladarious Lacy, 20, of Toccoa, with false statements. Agents have taken warrants for Larquavious De’Shyne “Shyne” Colbert, 22, of Toccoa, for aggravated assault, aggravated battery and discharge of […]