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The Stephens County History Museum recognized the historic Oak Hill Elementary School on Thursday with a special dedication. Stephens County History Museum Executive Director Brenda Carlin unveiled a plaque during the event at the Historic Train Depot. She says the school was the first and last combined all African-American elementary school in Stephens County before integration. The school was in […]

Qualifying begins today for three Toccoa City Commission seats. According to Toccoa City Clerk Fredda Wheeler the qualifying period will run until Wednesday, August 21. The three seats that are open will include Seat 1, which is currently held by Toccoa Mayor Gail Fry; Seat 2, which is currently held by Commissioner Terry Carter; and Seat 4, which is currently […]

Two South Carolina men are behind bars charged with going on a crime spree that ran from Toccoa-Stephens County to Greenville. According to a report on WSPA-TV in Greenville, the pair were arrested Thursday in Clemson after leading police on a chase in a stolen vehicle. Clemson Police say the vehicle had been reported stolen from Greenville when it was […]

Construction activity for the I-85 widening project continues and motorists going to and from the metro Atlanta area can expect lane closures all along the construction route beginning tonight. The Georgia Department of Transportation says asphalt paving will necessitate single lane closures along I-85 in both directions between SR 211 in Barrow County to Hamilton Mill Road in Gwinnett County. […]

Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday for 18-year old Anna Whitlock, who was killed Friday morning in a fatal crash in Stephens County. Whitlock was a freshman at Piedmont College and was on her way to class when the accident happened. She is the daughter of Joey and Leigh Whitlock.  The Reverend Joey Whitlock is the Pastor of Toccoa Creek […]

The Georgia State Patrol continues to investigate a fatal wreck Friday morning that took the life of an 18-year old Carnesville woman. It happened about 9a Friday morning at the intersection of Georgia Highways 106 and 320 near the Franklin/Stephens County line. GSP, EMS, and Sheriff’s deputies from both counties responded. According to the Georgia State Patrol Toccoa Post, a […]

Officials were on the scene of a head-on accident throughout this (Fri) morning at the intersection of Highways 106 and 320 in Stephens County near the Franklin County line. The accident happened around 9 A.M. this morning and according to WNEG’s sister station WLHR, the calls originally stated the accident was in Franklin County with emergency crews including Franklin County […]

  U.S. Congressman Doug Collins was in Toccoa on Thursday to present a special award recognition. Collins was at Shirley’s Sole Food on Currahee Street to honor owner Shirley Combs. Collins told WNEG News about the recognition.“ We entered Shirley in the Congressional Record which will always be there and people can look her up. It is a special way […]

The extreme heat in the Southeast this past week has resulted in at least two heat-related deaths of people working outside and at least two who were hospitalized. “We’re currently investigating two fatalities that happened in Florida and also two incidents in which workers were hospitalized for heat-related illness,” said William Fulcher, area director for OSHA’s Atlanta Area East office. […]

The Georgia Department of Transportation says the local bridge bundle replacements funded in Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) are now complete and open to traffic. 24 bridges across the State were replaced over the last three years, including one in Stephens County. Among those is the bridge on Currahee Lane at North Fork Broad River in Stephens County. Georgia DOT Spokesperson […]