Category: News

Stephens County is now at 107 cases of COVID-19, and the Department of Public Health is reporting two deaths in Stephens County. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, Stephens County has had an increase of 16 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Monday, May 11. Whereas in Habersham County, there has been an increase of 34 confirmed cases of […]

Early voting for the Presidential Preference Primary and the General Election begins today in Toccoa-Stephens County. According to Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober early voting will run Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., until Friday, June 5, at the Stephens County Registrar’s Office, inside the Stephens County Historical Courthouse. She adds that during the early voting period […]

Officials with Camp Mikell have announced that they will not hold the annual residential summer camp this summer, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All summer programs at Camp Mikell have been canceled for summer 2020. In a statement released from Camp Mikell’s Executive Director Ken Struble, this decision was made after prayerful consideration of available safety guidelines from public health […]

Sad news from the WNEG family…Roy Gaines-The Founder of WNEG Radio and TV, former Toccoa Mayor, and father of WNEG’s Operation Manager and morning host Connie Gaines, passed away on Sunday night. A World War II Navy veteran, Gaines arrived in Toccoa in 1946 to work for R.G. LeTourneau and WRLC Radio. He and his brother then founded WNEG Radio […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners entered into an agreement with Quick Technologies for Information Technology Services. According to County Administrator the agreement will expire June 30, 2024. She says the county recommends Quick Technologies after having worked with this company for several years. “This is the current vendor that we have now, and this will be a three-year contract; […]

Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that 301,874 COVID-19 tests have been completed and reported to the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH). As the state continues to ramp up testing, the number of positive cases will continue to rise; however, with more than 300,000 tests reported to the state, the percent of positive cases in Georgia continues to decrease. […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 94 cases of COVID-19 in Toccoa-Stephens County. To date, Stephens County has had 1 death due to complications from COVID-19. Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 402 positive cases of the virus and 15 fatalities due to complications from the virus. Locally, at […]

The Salvation Army Service Center has announced its plans to re-open its Family Store, located at 692 Big A Road. According to Salvation Army-Toccoa Service Center Director Rebecca Dixon, the Family Store will re-open on Monday, May 18 with a reduced schedule of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. each day. Dixon says customers are advised […]

A 15-year-old teen is still missing after running away from her home on Bend N. Hickory Road on Monday, May 4. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, the Sheriff’s Office has partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to locate the missing juvenile. Missingkids.org posted a flyer of the missing teen, identified as 15-year-old Graci Parks. […]

Main Street Toccoa has started disbursing funds for its Bridge-the-Gap Grant program. Thus far, 22 businesses in the downtown district have received a total of $5,500 in grant funds to be used for paying mortgage, rent, or utility payments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Main Street Toccoa Manager Christian Hamilton, the Bridge-the-Gap grant fund was authorized by the […]