Category: News

The Stephens County Walk to End Alzheimer’s is next weekend in Toccoa-Stephens County. The walk will be held on Sunday, November 14 starting at First Baptist Church of Toccoa, on East Tugalo Street. Team Captain Lisa Lawson encourages listeners to organize their teams. She says, the Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the largest annual fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association. Your […]

The Stephens County Health Department will hold a drive-thru flu clinic today at the Stephens County Health Department from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Health Department is located at 64 Boulevard, Suite 102, in Toccoa. This year, the quadrivalent vaccine (four-in-one) will serve as the regular flu vaccine and will protect against four different strains of flu, both A […]

It’s time to fall back. The first Sunday in November, which is this Sunday, is when Daylight Saving Time ends and for the next five months we will be on Eastern Standard Time. So, before going to bed Saturday night, you will want to remember to set your clocks back one hour. The good news is that falling back one […]

Main Street Toccoa’s 30th annual Children’s Costume Parade was a success. Hundreds of tiny trick-or-treaters lined up on Doyle and Alexander streets, last Friday, for the annual Children’s Costume parade and costume contest. Businesses lined downtown to fill children’s baskets and bags with candy as they passed by. Children were also treated to juice and cookies at the end of […]

Appointments are still being made for Stephens County low-income seniors age 65 and older needing help paying their heating bills. The Georgia Department of Human Services, through 9th District Opportunity in Gainesville, is helping to pay heating costs for low-income homes with either gas, propane, or electric heating. According to Ninth District Opportunity Community Resource Coordinator Paula Duley, one-time payments will […]

The results are in for the Special Election for Stephens County residents and the Town of Martin Municipal Election. Residents of Stephens County voted and approved the Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax for the Stephens County School System. The E-SPLOST resolution will allow the school system to continue to collect a one percent sales and use tax for […]

Ninth District Opportunity is asking citizens, businesses, and civic organizations to participate in a Reverse Giving Calendar. Ninth District Opportunity Community Resource Coordinator Paula Duley says during the month of November, each day an item is added to a box to help provide food to struggling families and individuals in Toccoa-Stephens County. Duley says the items listed on the Calendar […]

The spread of COVID-19 continues to slow in Stephens County. According to the Department of Public Health, there have been 4,530 total cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County, since the start of the pandemic, an increase of 5 since WNEG’s report on Monday. The DPH is reporting 104 confirmed COVID-related deaths in Stephens County. In the last two weeks, ending […]

The Professional Women of Toccoa-Stephens County is encouraging businesses and civic groups to sign up for the upcoming 2021 Toccoa Christmas Parade. The parade has historically been sponsored by the Toccoa Women’s Club; however, the group decided to no longer organize the event. Professional Women of Toccoa-Stephens County Organizer Dawn Jameson says the deadline to sign up to be an […]

Today is election day in Stephens County. According to Stephens County Election Supervisor April Roberts, election day voting for the Special Election for Stephens County residents and the Town of Martin Municipal Election will be at two separate locations. She says voting for Stephens County residents will be held at the Stephens County Senior Center from 7 a.m. to 7 […]