Category: News

Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober has released some key dates for voters in Stephens County. Gober says September 15 marks the earliest day her office can mail an absentee ballot for the November General Election and Special Election. October 5 is the last day a person can register to vote and be eligible to vote in the November General Election […]

The Georgia Department of Public Safety has announced that 18 people died on Georgia roads during the Labor Day Holiday Travel Period. The Labor Day holiday travel period ended Monday night at 11:59 p.m. after 78-hours. Nine of the fatalities occurred between 6 p.m. Sunday, September 6, and 6 a.m. Monday, September 7. According to the Georgia Department of Public […]

Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center in Toccoa for Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Captain Stan Elrod. The funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. and burial will follow in Stephens Memorial Gardens. Elrod was struck and killed by a motorist last Thursday evening in Madison County while physically training in […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting 28 total deaths in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19; additionally, there are 898 total positive cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County. The latest report was released Monday afternoon. DPH is also reporting Habersham County now has 65 deaths, and 1,404 total positive cases of the virus. In other neighboring counties,  […]

Local school systems will be receiving additional funding from the Georgia Department of Education. The Georgia Department of Education is allocating $6 million to school districts to help them serve students with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. State School Superintendent Richard Woods recommended the funding allocations, which were approved by the State Board of Education. The allocation is a combination […]

Main Street Toccoa, in coordination with the businesses of Downtown Toccoa, is hosting the inaugural Downtown Toccoa Sip-n-Stroll will be held on October 9 from 4pm to 7pm. Strollers can enjoy their favorite drink samples, deals, special promotions, and music and then attend a special concert at the Ritz Theatre with well-known bluegrass performer, Edgar Loudermilk at 7:00 p.m. Participating […]

Main Street Toccoa will host another installment of the Ida Cox Summer Music Series this weekend in Toccoa-Stephens County. Main Street Toccoa Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby says this week’s concert will feature headlining act ThunderGypsy. ThunderGypsy is a Southern Soul and Blues band based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Crosby adds that Main Street Toccoa will continue to encourage social distancing […]

St. Mary’s Medical Group is welcoming two new surgeons, a husband and wife team, with a host of specialties. Dr. Kathleen Jeffery and Dr. J. Brant Parramore are both highly experienced, board-certified surgeons who are joining the Athens General and Colorectal Surgeons St. Mary’s spokesman Mark Ralston tells WNEG’s sister station WLHR Dr. Jeffery is the hospital system’s first female […]

Friday’s Covid-19 weekly update from the Stephens County School District for the week ending September 9th: 3 staff members with a positive Covid-19 test. 29 staff members quarantined. 115 students quarantined at home. 3,929 students currently enrolled in-person and virtually. 536 current employees. Again, the numbers represented are current active cases as of September 4, 2020, and are not a […]

Visitation will be held this afternoon and Monday at Whitlock Mortuary in Toccoa for Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Captain Stan Elrod. The family will receive friends from 3p to 6p Sunday and from 2p to 6p Monday at the mortuary. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2p in Toccoa at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center […]