Category: News

Amnesty Day in Stephens County is this weekend. Keep Toccoa-Stephens County Beautiful in conjunction with Stephens County and the City of Toccoa, are hosting the event on Saturday, April 10, at the Stephens County Road Department, located at 1587 Scenic Drive, in Toccoa. The Amnesty Day event is open to every resident of Stephens County, and provides a way to […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 75 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 2,932 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Thursday afternoon. The latest report has Habersham County with 144 deaths and now 4,588 positive cases of the virus. In other neighboring counties, Franklin County […]

The staff of all Stephens County Schools will get their second dose of the COVID vaccine today. The vaccine clinic will be held at Stephens County High School, in the atrium and old gym, from 3:30 until 6:00 p.m. During the first vaccine clinic, Stephens County School Superintendent Dr. Daniel Oldham said they were able to vaccinate the school systems’ […]

The Toccoa Falls College Jazz Band and Toccoa Jazz are bringing their much-anticipated yearly collaboration, Jazz at the Ritz, back to the Historic Ritz Theatre for a free concert on Friday, April 16, at 7:00 p.m. The 2020, Jazz at the Ritz performance unexpectedly ended up being the last show of the 2019-2020 Night at the Ritz series due to […]

Toccoa City Hall has announced the schedule for Good Friday. Toccoa City Hall will be closed today for Good Friday. Routes for garbage scheduled to be picked up today will be picked up on Monday, April 5. Commercial garbage will be picked up as usual, but yard waste and other items will not be picked up. The Toccoa Police and […]

Athens-Clarke County Police Department’s Public Information Officer Lieutenant Shaun Barnett has announced that 28-year-old Virkerria Steward has been arrested in connection to a fatal hit-and-run that killed a University of Georgia Student on March 21. According to Barnett, 21-year-old Knox Whiten of Toccoa, died when he was struck by a vehicle, allegedly driven by Steward, on Chase Street near the […]

In a called meeting last Friday, the Stephens County Board of Education met to approve the proposal from Deluxe Athletics to complete the Stephens County High School Football Field and Track Conversion. The project will be completed for $1,602,905, plus an additional $50,000 in contingency funds for the Football Field and Track Conversion. As WNEG News reported recently, Stephens County […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting 75 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County and now a total of 2,929 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report has a death in Franklin County bringing the total to 41 and now 2,303 positive cases of the virus, and a death in […]

Ninth District Opportunity has started scheduling appointments for cooling help for seniors age 65 and older, and those medically homebound due to health reasons. Scheduling began this morning at 12:01 a.m. The Cooling Help program is available for households in which every member is age 65 and older or is medically homebound due to health reasons. One-time payments will be […]

Governor Brian P. Kemp today signed three Executive Orders relating to COVID-19 in Georgia. The first, Executive Order 03.31.21.01, extends the Public Health State of Emergency through April 30, 2021. The second, Executive Order 03.31.21.02, extends the current COVID-19 guidance in Georgia until April 7 with an added provision allowing state agency employees to get a COVID vaccine without using sick leave […]