Author: MJ Kneiser

Toccoa Main Street is hosting their second annual “Night at the Museums” this month to give you the opportunity to learn more about our community and enjoy a movie as well. “Night at the Museums” is coming up Friday, June 28 from 4p to 7p. Main Street Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said the evening will offer tours of Toccoa’s three […]

Heading to and from metro Atlanta on I-85 continues to be a challenge for motorists as work to add extra lanes continues. Georgia DOT crews are beginning the paving phase of the I-85 widening project this week and that will necessitate some closed lanes from Jackson County down to Gwinnett County. G-DOT spokesperson Katie Strickland tells WNEG News asphalt paving […]

The attorney for former State House Representative Dan Gasaway loses his bid to collect attorneys fees from the two election lawsuits he won for his client. At a hearing Monday morning in Banks Count Superior Court, Senior Superior Court Judge David Sweat ruled attorney Jake Evans was not entitled to collect $103,300 in attorney fees, but was entitled to small […]

Troopers with the Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post say charges are pending after an accident Sunday in Hart County that left two people dead. It happened early Sunday morning around 6a at the intersection of Georgia Highway 59 and Georgia 77  near the Gateway 2 Industrial Park in Lavonia and involved a Jeep Liberty and a Tour Bus. According to […]

The City of Toccoa is expected to approve a plan to apply for another Georgia Tourism Product Development Grant. At their work session Monday, City Manager Billy Morse told the Board of Commissioners the grant, if approved, would go to renovate an area downtown. “We propose that we submit a grant to the Georgia Economic Development Authority for a tourism […]

A trash pick up service in Toccoa will likely not be allowed to use the City’s transfer station for their solid waste disposal. FCS Sanitation had applied to lease the facility for five years, including doing any repair work that on the transfer station that would be needed. At their work session Monday, City Manager Billy Morse told the Board […]

Potential North Georgia Technical College students and their parents are invited to attend the second annual Program Preview next month on the Currahee campus. The program preview takes place this evening from 4p to 7p. “This is a wonderful opportunity for interested students and parents to visit campus and meet the instructors to find out if NGTC is a good […]

Three people are facing charges in White County, including a former White County Detention officer, after a multi-agency drug bust. Mitchell Posey with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office tells WNEG News that on June 5th, White County Sheriff’s investigators, agents with ARDEO arrested three individuals following a joint investigation. Posey said their investigation led authorities to the area of […]

Toccoa City Commissioners say a proposed agreement to provide police protection to Stephens County Hospital needs more work. At their work session Monday, Toccoa City Commissioners heard from City Manager Billy Morse who went over the agreement proposed by hospital officials. “The hospital will pay the City $35/per hour worked by each officer. In turn, the City will pay the […]

More discussions are planned between Toccoa City and Stephens County Boards of Commission on exactly how much revenue the City will get in the next Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. City officials have already met once with the County Board of Commissioners to make their case for the $9-million, which is $3-million more than they received in the current […]