Category: News

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have arrested a former Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Deputy as part of an officer-involved shooting investigation. It happened April 12 when the GBI was requested by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department to investigate an officer-involved shooting. The investigation indicated that Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Deputy Davis attempted to stop 27-year-old Patrouski […]

Amtrak announces daily service will resume for several of its trains on the Amtrak’s National Network. As WNEG News reported last October, Amtrak reduced service on many long-distance train routes, including the Crescent, which makes three stops in Georgia, with one of those stops being here in Toccoa-Stephens County. According to Rail Passengers Association President and Chief Executive Officer Jim […]

A Toccoa duo was arrested recently on drug charges. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, on April 4, the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division reported two arrests at the conclusion of a narcotics investigation. Shirley says the Criminal Investigation Division began receiving citizen complaints regarding their belief that David Howell was selling illegal narcotics at several Stephens County […]

Stephens County Lady Indian Ranajah Verdell will be taking her basketball talents to University of West Georgia in Carrollton next year. Ranajah held a signing ceremony at the high school last week. The 5’11” forward averaged 16.5 points and 11 rebounds per game for the Lady Indians. As one of 7 seniors that led Stephens County to the Region 8-AAA […]

The Historic Ritz Theatre will again have a Summer Movie Series throughout the months of June and July. Every Thursday this summer, the Ritz Theatre will screen a different movie with two screenings, one at 10 a.m. and the second at 7 p.m. According to Historic Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh, this year’s series kicks off with Trolls World […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 79 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 2,950 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Monday afternoon. The latest report has Habersham County with 149 deaths and now 4,621 positive cases of the virus. In other neighboring counties, Franklin County […]

If you didn’t make it out to the North East Georgia Animal Shelter’s Rabies Clinic this past weekend, Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter Executive Director Jeff Roberts says you’ll have other opportunities to get your pets vaccinated here in Toccoa-Stephens County. He says, Toccoa Veterinary Hospital will be doing their clinics at the Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter, located at 1747 Scenic […]

The City of Toccoa has announced the date for Toccoa Train Day as May 1. The railroad has been an important part of the history of Toccoa and to honor this history, the City of Toccoa has planned several events to celebrate Toccoa Train Day. The first event of the day will be to welcome the Amtrak Crescent Line this […]

The City of Toccoa is requesting the public’s help in determining the future direction of the City of Toccoa. According to Main Street Manager Christian Hamilton, in March 2021, the City of Toccoa began the five-year update to the City Comprehensive Plan which will determine the future direction of community endeavors. The plan, according to Hamilton, makes use of community […]

The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) has reached the milestone of a quarter of a million Georgians vaccinated at the agency’s Mass Vaccination Sites across the state. The Agency opened its first mass vaccination sites on Feb. 22 in four locations across the state and expanded vaccine access by adding five additional sites. There are currently eight […]