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Due to an overwhelming amount of data, the Department of Public Health was unable to release its Daily Covid Report on Monday, January 3. Here is the report from Friday, December 31. The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting 114 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 4,717 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners’ meeting scheduled for January 11, 2022, has been canceled due to rising concerns for the spread of COVID-19. Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers made the announcement on Monday. She says the cancelation is due to COVID related issues. At this time, the Stephens County Board of Commissioners’ meeting scheduled for January 25, will still […]

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. District 2 Public Health recently issued a press release encouraging all women to seek out routine cervical cancer screenings beginning at age 21. According to the release, all women are at risk for cervical cancer, most often occurring in women over age 30. The main cause of cervical cancer is caused by an infection […]

Multiple trees are down in Stephens, Franklin, and Hart counties. Hart EMC is now reporting just over 700 power outages in their coverage area. Most of those are in Stephens County with 644 outages reported as of 8:00 a.m. Georgia Power is reporting outages in Toccoa, Lavonia, and Hartwell. WNEG’s sister station WLHR spoke to a local firefighter who is […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting 114 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 4,717 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. In Stephens County there has been a total of 361 hospitalizations due to the virus since the start of the pandemic. The latest report was released Friday afternoon. In the last […]

The Stephens County Board of Education will meet tomorrow in a Special Called Meeting to officially hire Dr. Constance Franklin as Stephens County School Superintendent. As WNEG News previously reported, Franklin was named the sole finalist for the Stephens County School Superintendent position. During the meeting on December 13, Chairman Jim Bellamy made the recommendation to the board. State law […]

The Department of Public Health is urging Georgians not to go to a hospital’s Emergency Department for COVID Testing. According to a recent press release, the DPH advises Georgia residents to help keep hospital emergency departments open to treat medical emergencies, by seeking COVID testing elsewhere, unless you are experiencing severe COVID-19 symptoms requiring urgent medical attention. Asymptomatic individuals or […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hartwell Lake Office has started accepting natural Christmas trees for recycling. As they do every year at this time, the Hartwell Lake Office will continue to accept them through January 26. Jess Fleming is the Corps’ Natural Resources Specialist at Hartwell Lake. Fleming said the trees are tied in bundles, weighted with concrete anchors, […]

The Toccoa Police Department has released information regarding four bar notices being served to people trespassing behind the old Social Security Building and Tractor Supply. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, during the month of November, the Police Department and Code Enforcement reached out to the owners of the property, in an effort, to clean up the areas of […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting 114 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 4,707 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. In Stephens County there has been a total of 360 hospitalizations due to the virus since the start of the pandemic. The latest report was released Thursday afternoon. In the last […]