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The Stephens County Lady Indians were close to victory Saturday afternoon at Habersham Central, but came up short, 52 to 49. Habersham’s Addie Penick sank a couple of free throws very late in the game to seal the victory for the Lady Raiders. The Lady Indians had a slim lead at halftime, 27 to 26. NaNa Eades led Stephens County […]
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Stephens County Senior Ty Nails scored 20 of his team high 25 points in the 2nd half, and the Indians overcame an 8 point 2nd half deficit to defeat Madison County 85-77 Friday night at Currahee Arena in the boys basketball Region-8 opener for both teams. Nails teammate Nigel Green added 23 points, including a huge 3-pointer to tie the […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Middle School Rebels Boys basketball teams drop two by identical scores at Franklin County Tuesday night. In the 7th grade boys game, Franklin County took advantage of 12 free throws made to Stephens County’s 3 and defeated the Rebels 41-33. SCMS was led in scoring by Nuri Winters with 11 points, Javin Gordon scored 9, Daeshawn Wilson […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Middle School Basketball teams played Elbert County Middle School on Thursday and Franklin County Middle School on Friday. The SCMS 7th grade girls had a big win on Thursday over Elbert County 26-12. Jaziyah Harbin scored 10 points. Fayeth Ivester, Aurora Elrod and Maddie McGee all scored 4 points each. Carson Stowe had 3 points and Tytiunna […]
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Takias Nails scored 26 points, including 9 out of 10 free throws to hold off a Banks County rally, and the Stephens County Indians picked up a huge win on the road defeating Banks County 78-68 Friday night in Homer. The Indians held an 8 point lead at the half and increased the lead to 13 in the third quarter. […]
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Former Toccoa Mayor and business leader James A. Neal, Sr. died on Thursday at his residence. Neal was a long-time Toccoa City Commissioner and, along with current Mayor David Austin, was Toccoa Mayor a record five times. Neal was also CEO of Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home. The James A. Neal Public Safety Training Center on Alewine Drive was named in honor […]
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The Georgia State Patrol is investigating an accident that happened earlier today on Highway 106 near the Bypass in Toccoa. Few details have been released; however, WNEG News did receive word from local law enforcement that one victim sustained injuries and was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center and another injured victim was transported to Stephens county Hospital. WNEG News […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Middle School Rebels basketball teams traveled to Rabun County on Tuesday night and took 3 out of 4. The 7th grade girls picked up their first win of the season with a 23-17 victory. Dariah Bell led SCMS with 7 points, Jaziyah Harbin had 6 points, Fayeth Ivester and Carson Stowe both contributed 3 points each, and […]
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The winners are in for this year’s Toccoa Christmas Parade. This year’s parade was scheduled for Saturday, but because of rain was moved to Sunday afternoon in Downtown Toccoa. 2018 winners are as follows: Best Overall- J&S Farms Best School-Stephens County High School JROTC Best Church or Civic Group-Liberty Baptist Church Best Other (tie)-Hewitt and Son and Steadfast Family Farm. […]
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The eleventh annual Festival of Trees was held was held this past weekend in the Historic Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. Businesses and non-profit organizations, decorated the trees, many with themes that reflected their organization. Each group received the proceeds from their votes. Fourteen trees were on display receiving a total of over 850 total votes. For $1 visitors were able […]
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