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The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce celebrated a ribbon cutting for D & K Drug and Alcohol Services, Thursday. The new business joins the community to help combat the stigma associated with addiction treatment. D & K, located at 211 Mitchell Street, seeks to provide dignified and respectful services to addicted persons throughout Stephens County. National Certified Drug, Alcohol and […]

Rivers Alive Cleanup scheduled for tomorrow. Rivers Alive is Georgia’s annual volunteer waterway cleanup event that targets all waterways in the State including streams, rivers, lakes, beaches, and wetlands. The mission of Rivers Alive is to create awareness of and involvement in the preservation of Georgia’s water resources. The event is held annually each fall and is a program of […]

The Stephens County Hospital Authority met last night to discuss and approve the Fiscal Year 2018 budget. After several weeks of discussion, the authority came to a decision to vote on the new budget. Stan Roberts made the motion which passed unanimously. There will be more information regarding the details of the budget, once released, at a later time.  

Royston Police Chief Donnie Boleman has reported a break in the case and search for a fugitive wanted in connection to a string of phony prescriptions being passed. According to Boleman, three individuals are now in custody and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a fourth suspect. The cases involved four prescriptions passed in Royston on September […]

During the recent County Commission meeting, the commission killed the motion to purchase a bus for the Senior Center. The proposed expenditure would have costed $123,887 with an additional amount of $4,565 for a seven-year warranty plan. Funding had been set aside with the funds gained from the recent sale of the Good Will building; however, the commission decided against […]

Employers from Stephens and surrounding counties now have a better understanding of some of the new programs and initiatives at the Georgia Department of Labor. State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler was in Toccoa Wednesday for the 2017 Employers in the Know conference which took place on the Currahee Campus of North Georgia Technical College. Yesterday’s event is one of a […]

The Stephens County Hospital Authority will have a called meeting this evening at 6:00 p.m. to discuss and approve the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget. The meeting will be held in the Ferman Gregory Board Room. After several discussions, held in executive sessions, the authority plans to approve the budget in open session. Other topics on the agenda to be discussed, […]

Two men are behind bars in Stephens County charged with stealing gas from a school system vehicle. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley tells WNEG News it happened late Monday night. The Sheriff said as his deputy continued to question the two men, the deputy saw in their vehicle an electric pump and hoses commonly used for siphoning liquids. 21-year old […]

Water exports discussed during the Toccoa City Commission meeting Monday night prompted concern for future growth in Toccoa. Three water customers have submitted individual request to increase the amount of water purchased from the city of Toccoa, upon the expiration of their current agreements. In the three entities’ proposals the requested rates were lower. The city of Demorest, requested to […]