Author: MJ Kneiser

The Ritz Theatre is gearing up for the Open Mic Night Grand Finale. It’s coming up Monday, January 21st at 7p. This is the second season for the Open Mic Night competition, which began in September and ended in December with competitions on the third Monday of each month Now, the winners of the four preliminary competitions will compete for […]

If you’re planning to do a lot of fishing this year in Georgia you will want to pick up a copy of the just-released 2019 Georgia Sport Fishing Regulations Guide. Matt Thomas is the fisheries management chief with the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division Fisheries Management Division. Thomas tells WNEG News the guide provides helpful information for all anglers, whether experienced […]

Film crews from the History Channel have been seen in and around Toccoa over the past several days.  They are filming a segment on Paul Anderson for a new show. On Monday, four current weight lifters were at Paul Anderson Park to see if they could beat Anderson’s weight lifting record. Donald Meyerson is one of the producers and said the […]

City Commissioners now have a better idea of what their departments need and what to budget for in 2019 and fiscal 2020. Commissioners met with department heads Monday afternoon at Reflections in Toccoa. One of those department heads was Toccoa Fire Chief Jeff Haslup. Haslup told Commissioners his department is in need of three new pump fire trucks. Haslup said the […]

16 alleged members of a major drug organization operating in North Georgia are now behind bars in Jackson County after a major multi-law enforcement agency bust. It happened throughout six Northeast Georgia counties Friday. ARDEO spokesman Mitchell Posey said officers began serving 10 search warrants and issued 14 arrest warrants for members and suppliers of Larry “Lil Man” Fricks’ drug […]

Georgia’s 14th annual Youth Birding Competition is inviting children and teens to celebrate birds through a T-shirt Art Contest. Linda May is an environmental outreach coordinator for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division and the coordinator of the art contest. May says the contest is open to young people from pre-K to 12th grade. “The art contest is […]

Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley says 2018 was good year for his department and a staff meeting is being held today to set new goals for 2019. In an interview with WNEG News this week, the Sheriff pointed out several important accomplishments in his department last year. The biggest area of concentration last year, he said, was in the area […]

The rain may be over for a time but the saturated ground and windy conditions combined Wednesday to cause problems for some Hart EMC customers. Residents in the Oak Valley Road area lost power Wednesday morning and according to Hart EMC spokesperson Keith Brown, a fallen tree was responsible. “I do know we had a circuit out at the Anderson […]