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Stephens County Commissioner Dennis Bell recently received recognition from The University of Georgia and The Association of County Commissioners in Savannah, Georgia. Bell completed the rigorous course load required to complete the Specialty Track Certification for Public Safety through the Lifelong Learning Academy from The University of Georgia and The Association of County Commissioners on April 27. Stephens County Clerk […]
Read moreNorth Georgia Technical College recently named Colbert, Ga. native Mark Pulliam as the school’s new Chief of Police. Before joining the team at NGTC on May 1st, Pulliam spent 21 years in local law enforcement. For the last 17 of those years, he was Traffic Unit Lieutenant with the Athens-Clarke Police Department. Additionally, Pulliam is a graduate of Athens Technical […]
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Investigators with the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect in a May 3 burglary on Hickory Court. When deputies arrived, they met with the victim who stated her apartment had been burglarized some time during the previous night while she slept. According to the victim, when she woke up that morning she […]
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Tomorrow is the last day of early voting in Stephens County. Stephens County Registrar Bill Cochran told WNEG News about the approaching deadline of early voting. Voters can cast an early ballot at the County Annex Building on Tugalo Street, today and tomorrow, during regular business hours. Cochran encourages residents of Stephens County to cast their ballots during this election […]
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Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, and Triple-A expects Americans will kick off the unofficial start of the summer season by traveling in near-record numbers. According to AAA, more than 41.5 million Americans will travel this Memorial Day weekend. That’s nearly 5 percent more than last year and the most since 2005. About 36 million of those travelers […]
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93.1 FM & AM-630 WNEG will host the WNEG Senior Expo Thursday from 9 A.M.-1 P.M. at the Stephens County Recreation Department’s Rose Lane Activity Center and Stephens County Senior Center. The Expo will feature Oncology and Carotid screenings, check of eyes and ears, and anti-fraud information for seniors. Bojangles of Toccoa will provide lunch for attendees and WNEG will […]
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The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a Flood Warning until 5:45p today for Stephens County. A flood warning is now also in effect for the Upstate of South Carolina. So far, at the WNEG Radio studios in downtown Toccoa, almost six inches of rain have fallen over the last 18 hours. Meteorologist Lauren Carroll with the National Weather […]
Read moreROAD CONDITIONS: – E. Tugalo at 123 under the railroad bridge is completely flooded. About 1-2 feet of standing water under the bridge. – Hwy 123 bad in spots – flooding from Fernside Drive to Big A Road – up to a foot of standing water in some spots on 123 – motorists advised to avoid 123 if possible […]
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During Monday night’s Toccoa City Commission meeting, commissioners voted and approved the purchase of property located at 354 South Hill Street. City Manager Billy Morse presented the sales agreement to the commission. Morse added that through purchasing this property, the city would be closer towards its goal of cleaning up the South Pond Street area. Vice Mayor Gail Fry made […]
Read moreStephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley recently announced the dismantling of a large theft ring spanning multiple counties over the past several months. As of late, The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office have received multiple theft reports, most of which, were in areas surrounding Lake Hartwell. According to Shirley, the thefts ranged from fishing equipment, tools and shop equipment, to utility trailers, […]
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