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The Stephens County School System recently received a Bronze level recognition at the 2018 Golden Radish Awards held at the Georgia Freight Depot. The Golden Radish Award publicly recognizes Georgia school districts for best practices in farm to school programs, such as local food procurement, exposing students to new foods through taste tests, and incorporating gardening and cooking activities in […]

As previously reported, on Thursday afternoon a Toccoa woman was struck by a vehicle outside of South Side Package, located at the corner of Hill and East Currahee Streets. According to Officials with the Georgia State Patrol, Post 7, troopers are still investigating the accident. WNEG News was told by a GSP official that additional information will be released following […]

The Dahlonega man responsible for the fatal accident, near Toccoa Saturday morning, that claimed the life of his passenger has been charged with DUI and vehicular homicide. The accident happened about 9:55 a.m. Saturday, and claimed the life of John-Michael Wayne Vega, 28, of Dahlonega. According to Sr. Trooper John Crawford of Georgia State Patrol Post 7, in Toccoa, Anwar […]

Flu season is fast approaching and this means it’s time to get a quick prick to avoid being sick. As a way to keep the community healthy this season, the Stephens County Health Department will be holding a drive-thru flu shot clinic on Tuesday, October 30, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the parking lot of the health department, […]

A string of burglaries recently led investigators to a shack where they made three arrests. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, on October 15, his investigators were following up on a series of recent burglaries in the area Childers Valley Road. Investigators had received video footage of a suspect in the burglaries and believed that the suspect matching the […]

Today is the start of the second week of early voting in Stephens County. According to Stephens County Registrar Bill Cochran, the voter turnout for the first week has been huge. He says a total of 1,984 Stephens County residents came out and cast early ballots last week. Cochran said that Friday, there were a total of 516, which is […]

By: Rob Moore, AccessWDUN A Dahlonega man faces charges after a two-vehicle wreck that claimed the life of his brother-in-law near Toccoa Saturday morning. According to Sr. Trooper John Crawford of Georgia State Patrol Post 7, in Toccoa, Anwar S. Rathore, 20, of Dahlonega, was driving a Mercedes-Benz 300D south on Ga. 17 in the left turn lane at Jeanette […]