Category: News

After months of being closed, the portion of Hwy 123 (the Westminster-Toccoa Highway) that was washed out in February has been reopened. According to officials, the road was officially reopened to motorists late last week. Hwy 123 connects western Oconee, South Carolina with Georgia. DOT Construction Engineer Alan Adams tells WNEG News that there are some minor touches that will […]

A Toccoa couple is behind bars after a domestic dispute prompted law enforcement to search the couple’s residence. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, last week, his officers were dispatched to a residence on Hillcrest Drive in references to a female subject being cut. Upon arrival, officers found Barbara Scott, standing on the porch bleeding from a large cut […]

Construction for the I-85 Widening project starts tonight and will require lane closures throughout the week along the corridor in Gwinnett, Barrow, and Jackson counties. Beginning tonight, asphalt paving and bridge construction will necessitate single lane closures along I-85 in both directions from SR-211 in Barrow County to Hamilton Mill in Gwinnett County. Also beginning tonight, bridge construction will require […]

Several important items are the agenda for tonight’s Toccoa City Commission meeting. Now that the fiscal 2020 budget has been passed, Commissioners are expected to set the millage rate. According to City Clerk Fredda Wheeler, property taxes are set to go out September 13th with a due date of November 15th. Also on the agenda tonight, the Commission is expected […]

Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober is one step closer to getting the help she requested for Fiscal Year 2020. According to Gober she met with Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers on Tuesday to compile a list of responsibilities and create a job posting for the Deputy Registrar position. Ayers says the position will be posted and advertised in the coming […]

A special ribbon cutting is being held today to celebrate the completion of several renovations inside the historic Ritz Theatre. Main Street Manager Christian Hamilton says at 10 a.m. this morning, the last of those renovations will be revealed. “We’re looking forward to the grand re-opening and ribbon cutting to celebrate the improvements we just finished at the Ritz Theatre,” […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, J. Strom Thurmond Project, Forest, Fish, and Wildlife section announced the dates for the autumn primitive weapon deer hunts in Bussey Point Management Area, located in Lincoln County, Georgia. The Corps hosts these hunts annually to maintain the deer population within the carrying capacity for the area and to improve the quality of the […]

Slip on your ruby slippers and join the Franklin Community Players for a magical musical journey over the rainbow and down the Yellow Brick Road for the Youth Summer Theatre’s production of “The Wizard of Oz.” Performances are scheduled to begin tonight at 7 p.m.; Saturday, July 20, at 2:30 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Director Ethan […]

The Stephens County Board of Education held the 2nd public reading of the Fiscal Year 2020 budget at Tuesday night’s meeting, and it was unanimously adopted. Stephens County Schools Superintendent Bryan Dorsey outlined the budget’s key components. “What we are looking at is a balanced budget between our revenues and expenditures which includes the $3000 certified staff increases on their […]

You might have noticed more law enforcement vehicles on area roads this week and it’s not your imagination. The third annual Operation Southern Shield kicked off Monday on Georgia roads and runs through Sunday, July 21. Operation Southern Shield is a campaign involving state and local law enforcement in five Southern states to crack down on speeders. States participating include […]