Category: News

Jaziya Harbin was recently recognized as the Work-Based Learning Student of the Month for February.  On March 12, the Stephens County Development Authority and the Stephens County High School WBL program visited Harbin at her workplace, The Learning Tree Academy, to congratulate her on the achievement. Logan Harris, the Director of The Learning Tree Academy said he values Harbin’s contributions […]

Continuing our look at Monday’s Town Hall Political Forum, today we’ll focus on the Stephens County Probate Court Judge race between Chris Stephens and Marti Mulligan. First, candidate Mulligan: Candidate Stephens followed: The recorded livestream of the forum is available pinned to the top of the WNEG Radio Facebook page.  We will continue with our coverage of the Town Hall […]

At the April 16 Stephens County Board of Education meeting, the Board approved the purchase of 3.71+/- acres from the Stephens County Board of Commissioners. Located at 582 Eastanollee School Road near the School System’s Eastanollee Cannery and Stephens County FFA livestock barn, the property was once the former site of Stephens County High School. According to Assistant Superintendent John […]

A charge of malice murder, which by legal definition indicates premeditation, as well as several cases of crimes against children, were included in the 25 indictments handed down by the Stephens County Grand Jury on April 15. Cases heard by Grand Jurors that resulted in indictments included five violent crimes, including malice murder, rape and aggravated assault charges, two cases […]

The Stephens County High School (SCHS) Marching Indian Band and Auxiliary were selected to participate in Disney’s Imagination Campus program with a special March on Main Street in the Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Festival of Fantasy parade on Friday, April 5. In all, sixty students, twelve chaperones, and four band and auxiliary directors traveled from Toccoa to Orlando to […]

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Mobile Veterans Center will be at Grant Reeves Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7720 in Cornelia on Saturday, May 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Mobile Veterans Center offers confidential help for veterans, service members, and their families at no cost in a non-medical setting. The event is open to all veterans, […]

Yesterday, candidates in the three contested races up for election in the May 21 general primary and nonpartisan election participated in a Town Hall Political Forum, hosted by the Toccoa Stephens County Chamber of Commerce.  Roughly 200 residents attended the event, held at 6 p.m. at the Ritz Theatre in downtown Toccoa, and another 100 tuned in to the livestream […]

If you are one of the many who has waited until the last minute to file your 2023 Federal Income Tax return, you only have hours now to do so. The tax filing deadline is midnight tonight, and in Georgia, deadlines for state income taxes mirror Federal deadlines. Additionally,  USPS has announced that they will have normal post office hours […]

The Stephens County Political Forum, hosted by the Toccoa/Stephens County Chamber of Commerce, will be held this evening, April 15, at 6 p.m. at  the Ritz Theatre, 166 W. Doyle Street in Toccoa. The event will feature candidates from the Sheriff race, the Probate Court Judge Race, and the race for Stephens County Commissioner Post 3 seat. Stephens County Hospital […]

Toccoa Chief of Police Jimmy Mize is asking area residents protect themselves and their possessions by taking two simple steps. “Lock your doors, and if you see something, say something,” Mize said earlier this week as he talked to media representatives regarding a recent rash of “entering vehicle” incidents.  Mize said the occurrences appeared to be crimes of opportunity and […]