Category: News

The Stephens County High School Band and Auxiliary recently held their awards night and the awards presented were as follows: Auxiliary: Miss Showmanship: Shay Fischer, Keajia Jones Miss Indian Spirit: Bailee Adams, Lexi Bullard, Haley Carter Most Dedicated: Payton Vaughn, Katelyn Bohannon Miss Congeniality: Kathryn Stroud, Mallory Scott Rising Star Award: Ellie Doan Best All-Around: Erin Terrell, Abigail Brown, Mackenzie […]

An autopsy is scheduled today on the body of a man pulled from Lake Hartwell overnight and an investigation is ongoing. WNEG’s sister station WLHR News received this press release overnight from the Oconee County, SC Coroner, Karl Addis: A death investigation is being conducted after the recovery of a body from Lake Hartwell (Tugaloo River basin) at Fair Play […]

As a reminder, the Stephens County Elections Office will start its Logic and Accuracy Testing on Friday prior to the start of the upcoming Runoff Election. According to Stephens County Election Supervisor Krista Terry, the Logic and Accuracy testing is scheduled for Friday, June 10, and Saturday, June 11. The testing will include the preparation and testing of the electronic […]

District 2 Public Health is encouraging residents in the district to order their at-home COVID-19 testing kits. According to District 2 Public Health’s Public Information Officer Natasha Young, COVID-19 testing remains important in the fight against the spread of the virus. She says free COVID-19 at-home test kits are available through a partnership with the federal government and the United […]

Several fire departments and local agencies respond to a commercial fire this past weekend. According to Chief Jamey Gettys the initial call came in at 1:51 p.m. on Saturday, June 4, at American Ecycle, located at 1150 Turner Road, in Eastanollee. Eastanollee Fire Department is the primary coverage station for this business but due to it being a commercial structure […]

WNEG Listeners have an opportunity to submit questions to the run-off candidates for the Stephens County Board of Commissioners Post 1 and Post 4. The candidates for Post 1 include: Republican candidate Dennis Black and Republican candidate Tara D. Simmons. The candidates for Post 4 include: Republican incumbent James Addison and Republican candidate Chris Rickman. All questions must be phrased […]

The deadline to request an absentee ballot application is this Friday. According to Stephens County Election Supervisor Krista Terry, June 10 is the final day to submit an application requesting an absentee ballot for the runoff. She says June 13 marks the start of the advance voting period. The Advance Voting Period will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. […]

Family Connection of Stephens County has partnered with The Hope Center for a community cook-out. According to Family Connection of Stephens County Executive Director Kelly O’Shields, the Cook-Out will be held on Thursday, June 9, at 10 a.m. She says several community organizations will set-up on The Hope Center lawn to provide attendees with valuable information about the services they […]

The Historic Ritz Theatre’s Summer Movie Series continues on Thursday. According to Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh, the series will continue with two screenings of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run at 10 a.m. and at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 9. She says the Summer Movie Series will continue every Thursday in June and July at 10 […]

Three Northeast Georgia residents are dead as a result of three different traffic accidents during the Memorial Day Weekend. According to WNEG’s sister station WGOG in Walhalla, the first accident occurred late Friday afternoon (May 27) on Highway 76 near Thrift’s Ferry Road in the Long Creek Community of Oconee County, South Carolina. The single vehicle wreck took the life […]