Category: News

The 2022 Lavonia Boat Expo is shaping up to be better than ever. Sponsored by the Lavonia Downtown Development Authority, this is the third year for the Boat Expo and a lot of vendors will be on hand to tell you about boats, and all that goes with them. Susan Poole is coordinating this year’s event that is coming up […]

A Federal Vaccine Mandate requiring all Stephens County Hospital employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or to submit religious or medical exemption is in full effect. According to Stephens County Hospital Chief Executive Officer Van Loskoski if the hospital didn’t comply with the mandate, it could have impacted the hospital’s funding through Medicare and Medicaid. “We’re very fortunate that we […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners will meet on Tuesday for its regular scheduled meeting. Unlike the first meeting of February, this meeting will be held in-person at the Stephens County Historic Courthouse. The meeting will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m. Up for consideration include several land use public hearings for three rezoning requests and two conditional use requests. The […]

As a reminder, qualifying for several Stephens County posts is coming up. According to Stephens County Election Supervisor April Roberts, qualifying will be held Monday, March 7 through Thursday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Friday, March 11, from 9 a.m. to noon. Qualifying will take place at the Stephens County Historic Courthouse in the Elections […]

Stephens County Hospital is gearing up to expand its Senior Behavioral Health Department. WNEG News spoke with Stephens County Hospital Chief Executive Officer Van Loskoki on Wednesday to discuss the hospital’s plans for the future. Loskoski says the Senior Behavioral Health Department will soon be operating at full capacity, with every bed staffed. “We’ve started stepping into this program and […]

The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce celebrated one of its newest members, OneGuard Self Storage, on Thursday with a ribbon tying ceremony. Ryan Auger is the owner of OneGuard Self Storage. Auger says they have two locations, one at 489 Oak Valley Road and the other at 62 Ramsey Road. Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President Julie Paysen says a […]

As a reminder the City of Toccoa will celebrate Arbor Day today, February 18. The ceremony will be held at Emory Johnson Park beginning at 4:00 p.m. Arbor Day began in 1872 at the suggestion of J. Sterling Morton as a day set aside for tree planting and conservation of the earth’s resources. Toccoa has been a Tree City USA […]

Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley made a post on Facebook last night (Wednesday, February 16) regarding a reported threat against students at Stephens County High School. According to the post, Shirley was made aware of the reported threat. The reported threat was received through rumor that was actively circulating through social media outlets. Shirley says, as soon as the Sheriff’s […]

The Toccoa Police Department had a busy day recently with several separate traffic stops. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, on February 12, officers observed a vehicle that failed to stop at the stop sign located at Old Liberty Hill Road and Hwy 145. A traffic stop was initiated in the parking lot of the Chevron on 145. The […]

The Toccoa and Shiloh Fire Departments responded to an apartment fire Sunday afternoon. According to Toccoa Assistant Fire Chief Frankie Deitz, a 911 caller reported a fire in an upstairs apartment just before 5 p.m. Deitz says a smoke detector could be heard sounding in the background. Firefighters were met with heavy smoke at the top of the stairwell to […]