Category: News

Tickets are still available to see The Mulligan. The Mulligan is the seventh movie to be filmed in Toccoa-Stephens County and in April, it’ll be premiered at the Historic Ritz Theatre. According to Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President Julie Paysen, The Mulligan premiere is scheduled for Monday, April 18. Paysen says the movie was originally scheduled to be filmed […]

After some confusion, Stephens County Board of Registrations and Elections Chairman Sean Black has issued a statement regarding a candidate who has only partially qualified for the Stephens County Board of Commissioners Post 1 Race. Black tells WNEG News that Craig Oglesby, during the qualifying period, declared his intention to be a candidate for the county commission race as a […]

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office arrested two Toccoa residents following a traffic stop. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, on March 17, at approximately 11:25 p.m. a K-9 Deputy with his office conducted a traffic stop on a white Ford F-150 at the intersection of Black Mountain Road and Falls Road. The deputy stopped the vehicle because its registration […]

Ninth District Opportunity has announced it will begin scheduling appointments for Cooling Help on April 1. According to Ninth District Opportunity’s Community Resource Coordinator Paula Duley one-time payments will be made by check issued to the home cooling suppliers on behalf of eligible households up to $500. She says the Cooling Help program is available for households in which every […]

The Georgia State Patrol is looking for the suspect involved in a high-speed chase in Stephens County on Sunday. According to a release issued by the GSP, a trooper attempted to pull over a white Honda Accord around 7:30 a.m. after it was seen speeding on GA-365 Southbound in Stephens County. Once the trooper activated his emergency lights, the driver […]

The Toccoa Planning Commission voted to table a decision on a rezoning and variance requests for a new subdivision on Addington Drive. On Thursday, the Toccoa Planning Commission met for its regular scheduled meeting which opened in front a packed room of concerned residents. The rezoning, variance, and Subdivision Ordinance Variance requests would rezone the property from R-1A to R-1B-single […]

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Franklin County man on charges of Sexual Exploitation of Children. GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles said 49-year-old Howell Tim Scott of Martin was in possession of child sexual abuse material and was responsible for the distribution of child sexual abuse material. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit began […]

The spread of COVID-19 continues to slow in Stephens and surrounding counties. The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting 127 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 5,898 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. In Stephens County there has been a total of 386 hospitalizations due to the virus since the start of […]

The movie on the lawn at Emory Johnson Park is coming up this weekend. According to organizer KaDeja Scott, this is a community event aimed to meet the needs of local youth. She says that the youth complain that there is never anything for them to do here locally, and that this event will fill that need. On Saturday, March […]

Ninth District Opportunity’s Water Assistance Program is now open to anyone who meets the income requirements. According to Ninth District Opportunity’s Community Resource Coordinator Paula Duley, a one-time payment will be made to the home water supplier on behalf of eligible households. She says eligibility for the program is based on the income of everyone living in the home, and […]