The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office makes a “peeping Tom” arrest. The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint on April 3 regarding a video recording device being located in the women’s restroom of a local business. Deputies met with the female who had made the discovery and recovered the device. Due to the nature of the incident, the Special Victims […]
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Toccoa City Hall has announced the schedule for Good Friday. Toccoa City Hall will be closed today for Good Friday. Routes for garbage scheduled to be picked up today will be picked up on Monday, April 17. Commercial garbage will be picked up as usual, but yard waste and other items will not be picked up. The Toccoa Police and […]
Read moreOn Sunday, April 9, a drug investigation involving the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) led to the arrest of Christopher Kinney of Clarkesville, Georgia. The arrest resulted from a traffic stop that was conducted by the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office on a vehicle in which Kinney was a passenger. During the traffic stop, […]
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June will bring another special event to the Toccoa area when Camp Toccoa at Currahee hosts a weekend of special events during D-Day weekend to honor the great American heroes that trained at Camp Toccoa. Stephens County Historical Society Executive Director Brenda Carlan told WNEG News about the event starting with the Currahee Mountain 10K Run/Walk. “We are going into our […]
Read moreIf you’re into keeping fit and you have a dog, you might want to pencil in this year’s annual Dam Dog Walk in Hartwell. Sponsored by the Hart County Humane Society, it’s coming up Saturday, April 29 from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Big Oaks Recreation area in Hartwell. Hart County Humane Society President, Donna Madkiff, said another aspect […]
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A resolution for a grant to continue upgrades to the Schaefer Center was approved by the Toccoa City Commission at their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday. City Manager Billy Morse said that the Appalachian Regional Commission has funds that are available to renovate several parts of the Schaefer Center. “The Appalachian Regional Commission, which we know as ARC, has funds […]
Read moreThe North Georgia Technical College Horticulture Department will be hosting their spring plant sale April 17-April 20. The sale will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day and will be located at NGTC’s Clarkesville campus. Visitors can expect to see a variety of plants for sale, including summer annuals, shrubs, tropical plants and more. The funds collected from […]
Read moreThe new Clarkesville Soup Kitchen is scheduled to officially open its doors this month. The new kitchen is not associated with the previous soup kitchen, but is located in the same space as the old one at 166 Richie Street. They will operate as a non-profit organization under new leadership and will provide a no-cost, noon-time meal Monday through Saturday. […]
Read moreIf you’re headed to Banks County, be aware of some bridge construction now underway on SR323. Georgia Department of Transportation crews are replacing the 65-year-old bridge over Grove Creek. Crews with the Georgia DOT’s contractor, Talley Construction Company, Inc. of Rossville, GA are installing construction related traffic signs and orange barrier fence along the borders of the project. Replacing the […]
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One of the issues at Tuesday’s Stephens County Commission meeting was a request from United Renewable Energy, Inc. for variances to build another Solar Farm on Turner Road. The Stephens County Planning Commission had not approved the request due to a problem with homeowner Glenn Shirley, whose home has been damaged due to the Solar Farm built in 2014. Amber […]
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