Category: News

Today is the 43rd anniversary of the Kelly Barnes Dam break in Toccoa. On November 6, 1977 the Kelly Barnes Dam above the Toccoa Falls gave way during a heavy rainstorm. A wall of water washed over the dam, flooding the campus and killing more than 30 people, many of them entire families.

Toccoa Main Street’s Pumpkin Daze Fall festival is this weekend. Pumpkin Daze will replace Toccoa Main Street’s traditional Fall Harvest Fest this year due to concerns of the spread of COVID-19. This smaller event will take place Saturday, November 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Doyle Street. Main Street Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby tells WNEG News Pumpkin Daze […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting one more positive case of Covid-19 in Stephens County bringing the total to 1308 and 43 deaths due to complications of Covid-19 since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Thursday afternoon. The latest report still has Habersham County with 78 deaths, and now 1,930 total positive cases […]

The following was just released to WNEG from Stephens County High School Athletic Director Chuck King:   “Out of an abundance of caution the home football game vs Hart County scheduled for November 6, 2020 has been canceled. This difficult decision was made based on a number of factors.  The SCHS football team has one positive COVID case on the […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting another death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19 bringing the total to 43 since the beginning of the global pandemic. DPH is now reporting a total of 1307 positive cases in Stephens County since the beginning of the virus. The latest report was released Wednesday afternoon. The latest report […]

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the November 3, Election was a success. Raffensperger says that the average wait time on election day was just two minutes, which he says is no small feat. He says this election broke records in terms of new poll workers and ballots cast. “We had an average of two-minute wait times, it did get […]

Current Stephens County results only (absentee by mail ballots, early in-person, and election day totals) President Donald J, Trump (I) – 9,359 Joseph R. Biden – 2,384 Jo Jorgensen – 131 United States Senate David A. Perdue (I) – 9,343 Jon Ossoff – 2,185 Shane Hazel – 228 Special Election United States Senate (To fill the Unexpired term of Johnny […]

In Habersham County, the search for a missing teenager turned into a significant drug bust. On Friday, October 30, agents with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office arrested a Clarkesville man on multiple counts of drug possession. According to ARDEO spokesman Trent Hillsman, law enforcement officials with the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office were attempting to locate a runaway juvenile in […]

A Banks County man has been charged with four counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit. On October 28, 2020, 70-year-old David Ball was charged after an investigation into his internet activity by the GBI’S CEACC Unit found him to have possession of child pornography. An investigation into Ball’s […]

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, November 7, 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 […]