Category: News

Local Toccoa resident 11-year-old Craig Thurmond II, has made the Under Armour, Baseball Factory, National Middle School Team. Thurmond was the only baseball player selected from Georgia for the National Team. He told WNEG News about what he recently learned in playing for the national team. “I learned so much on this trip,” Thurmond said. “I had to keep track […]

Authorities with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) has released details from a number of drug-related arrests that occurred Jan. 22, in White County. ARDEO, the White County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Community Supervision worked in tandem to search a total of 15 residences in White County. White County authorities responded to the public’s outcry by going […]

This past Saturday was the first Town Hall public forum held under the leadership and guidance of Stephens County Board of Commissioners Chairman Michelle Ivester. With several residents in attendance; Ivester was faced with several questions regarding a multitude of subjects. Ivester told WNEG News that she felt the Town Hall public forum was a success. “I’m so excited,” said […]

The high-speed chase, foot pursuit and eventual manhunt for a suspect involving stolen vehicles was located and arrested on Thursday morning. As the story turns out, the suspect is actually the most wanted suspect in Anderson, S.C. The suspect, 32-year-old Nicholas Blake Phillips was spotted by an Elbert County resident and held at gunpoint by the resident until law enforcement […]

Toccoa honors a number of businesses and individuals at its annual Main Street Awards ceremony. The yearly event last night at the Historic Ritz Theatre at the Schaefer Center in downtown Toccoa brought city officials, downtown business owners, and others together to look back at the last year in downtown. Toccoa Main Street Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby said the city […]

The Toccoa Main Street Program will hold its annual Main Street Awards Reception today. The reception will be held at the Historiz Ritz Theatre at the Schaefer Center on Doyle Street beginning at 5 p.m. with refreshments. The Volunteer Recognition Ceremony and Awards Program itself will then start at 5:30 p.m. During the program, the Downtown Development Authority will review […]

The Stephens County Grand Jury has handed down a number of indictments this month. Three people have been indicted by the Stephens County Grand Jury on multiple counts related to a home invasion. 18-year old Brandon Isaiah Sparks, John Jaquis Trimier, age unknown, and 22-year old Harley David Williams were indicted on charges of Home Invasion, Robbery by Intimidation, two […]

Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey says the federal Every Student Succeeds Act or ESSA Plan is not much of an improvement over the old No Child Left Behind Act. Georgia’s ESSA plan recently won approval from the U.S. Department of Education. According to a press release Monday from the Georgia Department of Education, the plan sets a new course […]