The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
District II Public Health is adjusting schedules for services to provide more capacity for Covid-19 vaccinations. To best utilize the public health staff, changes are being made at the testing sites in Hall and Franklin County. The testing site at Franklin County Health Department will close after this Friday, January 8. The testing site in Hall County, will be open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:30 am […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting 48 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 2,275 residents testing positive for the virus. Thirty-Five more since Monday’s report. The latest report was released Tuesday afternoon. The latest report shows three additional deaths in the area. DPH now has Habersham County with 90 deaths and now 3,692 positive cases of the […]
Read moreMr. Herman B. Howard, age 49 of Clarke Street, Toccoa, GA passed away Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 at Stephens county Hospital. Service plans will be announced later by Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home
Read moreAs those elected prepare to take office, others will be exiting from their political positions. District 50 State Senator John Wilkinson of Toccoa’s last day in the State Senate District 50 seat will be Sunday. Wilkinson has served that office since 2011, and WNEG News asked him what is something that he learned and will take away from […]
Read moreToday is election day for the General Runoff Election in Toccoa-Stephens County, and throughout the state of Georgia. Voting will take place today from 7AM-7PM at the Stephens County Senior Center, located on Rose Lane. This reminder, if you requested an absentee ballot for this election, you must return them to the Registrar’s Office no later than 7 p.m. this […]
Read moreThe Stephens County School System will be closed for students the remainder of this week and will not begin as scheduled tomorrow. Stephens County School System Superintendent Dr. Daniel Oldham explains: “At this time after consulting with the school principals and DPH staff we think it would be best to extend the winter break for students through Friday, Jan 8th. […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting 48 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 2,240 residents testing positive for the virus. The latest report was released Monday afternoon. The latest report still has Habersham County with 89 deaths and now 3,666 positive cases of the virus. In other neighboring counties, Franklin County has had 21 deaths and 1,703 […]
Read moreMr. Bobby Mitchell Ward, age 84 of Buena Vista Drive, Eastanollee passed away Sunday, January 3, 2021 at his residence. A son of the late Everett M. and Clela Barnes Ward, he was born August 27, 1936 in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived most of his life. He was employed with WABCO for a number of years and […]
Read moreThe end of the New Year’s weekend shows a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases across the state of Georgia. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, just short of 29,000 positive cases have been added since Wednesday’s report, bringing the total to 587,076, of those, another 1,270 have been hospitalized bringing that total to 42,483, and the total death […]
Read moreMr. Charles James Hayes, age 86 of Charles Hayes Road, Toccoa passed away Thursday, December 31, 2020. A son of the late Newton and Rena Reese Hayes, he was born April 22, 1934 in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived all his life. He was retired from Coats and Clark with 39 years of service. He was a member […]
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