Category: News

Advance, in-person voting for the May 21 General Primary/Non-Partisan Election and the City of Avalon Special Election begins Monday, April 29, and will continue each weekday until Friday, May 17. There will be mandated Saturday voting on May 4 and May 11. Voting hours will be from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Historic Courthouse, 37 W. Tugalo Street […]

Gov. Brian Kemp has spent the past 29 days going through legislation sent to his desk by the Georgia State Senate and Georgia State House of Representatives. Bills that passed through both chambers of the Georgia General Assembly during the 2024 Legislative Session were advanced to the Governor’s desk following the final day of the session, which took place on […]

DATABASE: Legislation that originated in the House of Representatives and was passed through both Chambers. During the session, the governor can ask to sign or veto a bill once it passes both chambers. The governor then has 6 consecutive days after the bill passes to sign or veto if the legislature is still in session.  More often than not, though, […]

Continuing our coverage of the most recent indictments handed down by the Grand Jury in Stephens County Superior Court: Cristopher Anthony Shelton was indicted on one count rape, one count aggravated sexual battery and one count sexual battery. According to the indictment, the charges stem from incidents that occurred in November 2023, when Shelton allegedly committed multiple carnal acts against […]

Opening night for the Toccoa/Stephens County Community Theatre’s musical production of The Sound of Music is tonight, April 25, at the Ritz Theatre in downtown Toccoa, and WNEG News dropped by the final dress rehearsal last night to talk with the cast about the show and about local live theatre in general.  Showings for the production will be this evening, […]

In compliance with requests from both the Stephens County Board of Commissioners and the Toccoa City Commission, a 2-year audit was recently conducted on operations at the Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter, Inc. The Shelter, which is a private non-profit organization, but receives more than 60 percent of its funding from local governments, has not had an audit in recent history. […]

In yesterday’s news cycle, WNEG News reported on statements made by Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney George Christian regarding the high rate of violent and gang crimes in Toccoa/Stephens County, as compared to the other two counties in the District. Christian, speaking to Stephens County Commissioners during his budget request presentation to Board of Commissioners during one of the Board’s […]

Through partnership with Georgia Recorder, written by Ariana Figueroa Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule that means millions of salaried workers who are employed in the executive, administrative or professional industries will become eligible for overtime pay. The rule will affect roughly 4 million workers in the first year of implementation and will be […]

Following last week’s annual meeting of the Toccoa City Commission to discuss budget requests and details with city department heads, commissioners and staff are drafting a FY2025 city budget that will be presented to citizens during a series of public hearings in ??? before final adoption of the budget at the end of June, prior to the start of the […]

In relation to the recent vote by Toccoa City Commissioners to move ahead with the Toccoa Creek Wastewater Project, as discussed in another WNEG News Story, WNEG News sat down with Toccoa Chief Wastewater Operator Jake Wilson to discuss the wastewater projects at both Toccoa Creek and Eastanollee Creek. Following are audio files from that interview.