Category: News

The spread of COVID-19 continues to slow in Stephens County. According to the Department of Public Health, there have been 4,541 total cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County, since the start of the pandemic, an increase of 11 since WNEG’s report last week. The DPH is reporting 106 confirmed COVID-related deaths in Stephens County, an increase of 2 since WNEG’s […]

Ninth District Opportunity’s Flu Shot Clinic starts at 9 a.m. this morning in Toccoa-Stephens County. The Flu Shots will be for Stephens County Seniors. The Ninth District Opportunity Office in Toccoa has partnered with Walgreens today, to administer flu shots to seniors who have not been vaccinated this year. Ninth District Opportunity’s Community Resource Coordinator Paula Duley says they will […]

Toccoa Staff are working towards a request Vice Mayor Jeanette Jamieson recently made regarding financial assistance for residents struggling to pay for heating costs this winter. As WNEG News previously reported, Jamieson spoke out during an October Toccoa City Commission meeting, asking her fellow commissioners to consider providing help to those unable to afford to heat their homes. Jamieson explained, […]

Stephens County Schools has announced that students in grades 5th through 12th will be on an early release schedule this Friday, November 12, at 11:45 a.m., due to the need for extra bus transportation for the playoffs in West Georgia. This will not impact Pre-K through 4th grades. Again, on Friday, November 12, students in grades 5th through 12th will […]

Ninth District Opportunity is planning a Flu Shot Clinic this week for Stephens County seniors. The Ninth District Opportunity Office in Toccoa will partner with Walgreens on Thursday, November 11, to administer flu shots to seniors who have not been vaccinated this year. Ninth District Opportunity’s Community Resource Coordinator Paula Duley says they will have a pharmacist and technician at […]

Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley recently announced the first successful ongoing joint-collaboration with several local, state, and federal agencies to aggressively pursue Criminal Street Gangs in Toccoa-Stephens County. On Thursday, November 4, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office teamed up with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, the Georgia Bureau of investigation’s Cleveland Regional Field […]

Veterans Day is this Thursday across the United States. Here locally, a Veterans Day Observance will be held on Thursday, November 11, at 11:00 a.m. in the Pavilion at Camp Toccoa at Currahee, located at 2351 Ayersville Road, in Toccoa. This year’s Veterans Day theme is “what Veterans have to say.” According to organizer Rick Hack, the Veterans Day Observance […]

It’s not too late to start collecting food for the Ninth District Opportunity’s Reverse Giving Calendar Food Drive. Ninth District Opportunity Community Resource Coordinator Paula Duley says during the month of November, each day donors will take a new item and add it to a box that will be collected at the end of the month to help provide food […]

A group of Habitat for Humanity Women Builders recently held a successful fundraiser in Toccoa-Stephens County. The group gathered outside Wal-Mart in the rain, to raise money for the Habitat for Humanity home being built here in Toccoa. Habitat Volunteer Kathy Whitmire says she’s thankful for all who brought donations. She says despite the rain, they were able to raise […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners will meet this morning for its regular scheduled meeting. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. inside the Stephens County Historic Courthouse. There is one Land Use Public Hearing on the agenda for a Conditional Use Permit from Ignite Wireless on behalf of AT&T Mobility. The property is owned by James G. Salmon and […]