Category: News

The Toccoa City Commission adopted the city’s Fiscal Year 2021 Operational Budget during Monday’s meeting at City Hall. During the meeting, the Commission held the second reading of the proposed $32 million budget. City Manager Billy Morse presented the budget for Fiscal Year 2021 to the commission. He says the total of all funds for the Fiscal Year 2021 budget […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners will meet today for its regular scheduled meeting and work session. The meeting will be conducted through teleconference. Anyone wishing to attend the meeting is asked to call-in at 425-436-6345. After calling-in you’ll be asked to input the code: 585174. Up for consideration is a rezoning request from Jennifer Brawner for the property located […]

Stephens County Hospital has partnered with Mt. Zion Baptist Church to coordinate a day of Free COVID-19 testing in Stephens County. On Wednesday, June 24, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. the testing site will be set up in the parking lot of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, located at 115 West Whitman Street. Residents do not need a doctor’s approval […]

A Rabun County man is the latest to be arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on charges of Sexual Exploitation of Children. 37-year-old Aaron Andrews was charged with three counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children (Possession of Child Pornography) by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit. GBI agents were assisted with the arrest of […]

A Stephens County Sheriff’s Deputy is recovering after an on-duty wreck this weekend in Toccoa. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, on June 20, at approximately 1:20 p.m., a Stephens County Sheriff’s vehicle, driven by Arron Moss, was responding to a 911 call with lights and siren activated when it crashed. Shirley says while traveling west on East Tugalo […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 165 cases of COVID-19 in Toccoa-Stephens County. To date, Stephens County has had five deaths due to complications from COVID-19. Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 639 positive cases of the virus and 34 fatalities due to complications from the virus. Locally, at […]

The Stephens County Market opened this past week in Toccoa-Stephens County. On Tuesday, the market will be open again, from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. The Stephens County Market is a local farmer’s market made up of products of local farmers or gardeners, processors of agriculture commodities, artists, or handcrafters who have produced the items for sale. According to County […]

The Toccoa City Commission will meet later today for its regular scheduled meeting. During the meeting, the board will hold the final reading of the Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budget. At the last Toccoa City Commission meeting, City Manager Billy Morse provided the commission with a budget summary during the public hearing and first reading of the Fiscal Year 2021 […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Two Atlanta gang members are in the Franklin County Detention Center after Lavonia Police say they were caught red-handed breaking into the Hill’s Exxon. It happened in the early morning hours of Monday, June 15, according to Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle. Carlisle says one of his officers was on routine patrol when he spotted the […]

WNEG News has learned that the City of Toccoa is facing a federal lawsuit. According to City Attorney John Dickerson, in October of 2018, a complaint was filed with the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging the Toccoa Police Department practiced discriminatory hiring and promotional practices; however, in November 2018, the EEOC closed the claim, stating there was not enough […]