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The Stephens County Sheriff Office continues its search for a runaway teen. As of Monday, May 11, the Sheriff’s Office has yet to locate the juvenile. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, a report was filed on Monday, May 4, alerting deputies that the juvenile had run away from her residence on Bend N. Hickory Road. Missingkids.org posted a […]

The Toccoa City Commission received an update on the city’s plan to begin reopening its facilities during its meeting Monday. According to City Manager Billy Morse, the city has been working to create a plan to reopen City Hall, the Police Department, the Lake Toccoa Facilities and the Doyle Street Pool. However, Morse says the city will not open all […]

Today Governor Brian P. Kemp reported the lowest number of ventilators in use and COVID-19 positive patients hospitalized in Georgia since hospitals began submitting data to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA) on April 8. As of Monday, May 11, there are 881 ventilators in use, 1,134 COVID-19 positive patients hospitalized statewide, and 1,987 critical care hospital […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health continues to report 91 cases of COVID-19 in Toccoa-Stephens County. Stephens County hasn’t experienced an increase in cases since Thursday, May 7. Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 386 positive cases of the virus and 16 fatalities due to complications from the virus. Locally, at Stephens […]

The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce and WNEG radio will air a Political Forum on Monday, May 11th at 6 P.M. The forum will include Republican candidates for the State Senate District 50 seat and Stephens County Sheriff. The candidates will answer questions submitted to the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce. Republican candidates for the District 50 Senate seat include: […]

Stephens County Hospital continues to offer drive-up COVID-19 testing for patients with a doctor’s order. According to Stephens County Hospital Vice President of Physician Practices Van Loskoski, the drive-up testing site is open today from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. He says the testing site will continue to operate Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, each week from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 […]

The Toccoa City Commission will meet by teleconference today at 5:00 p.m. for its regular scheduled meeting. To attend the meeting by teleconference call 706-898-5160, after calling in you’ll be prompted to input a code, that number is 790453. Up for consideration is a discussion on measures to secure and reopen city facilities. According to City Manager Billy Morse, the […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 91 cases of COVID-19 in Toccoa-Stephens County. As of 12 p.m. this afternoon, May 8, the Department of Public Health updated its website to reflect the most current numbers. Habersham County continues to be the county hit the hardest in our area with 384 positive cases of the virus and 15 […]

A Stephens County High School Senior and future University of Georgia student has partnered with a new organization to help feed Stephens County’s healthcare workers. Jacob Struble recently started working with Feed the Frontlines Georgia, a nonprofit organization that raises money to help Georgia’s restaurants and healthcare workers during the COVID-19 crisis. Struble says Feed the Frontlines Georgia has raised […]

Stephens County Hospital continues to offer drive-up COVID-19 testing for patients with a doctor’s order. According to Stephens County Hospital Vice President of Physician Practices Van Loskoski, the drive-up testing site is open today from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. He says the testing site will continue to operate Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, each week from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 […]