Category: News

It has been a relatively calm year for cases of rabies in Toccoa-Stephens County, but County authorities say you should still get your pets vaccinated against this deadly disease. If you missed the May 4th rabies clinic, a second low-cost rabies clinic will be held at various locations on Saturday, May 18. County Environmental Health Director Shad Slocum tells WNEG […]

Baker & Taylor’s Commerce facility is expanding and with that expansion is creating over a hundred new jobs. On Tuesday, Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that Baker & Taylor, a leading provider of books and services to public libraries nationwide, will expand operations in Commerce. Baker & Taylor is hiring to fill 115 jobs, including additional shifts, at its 276,000 […]

Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has signed House Bill 481, the Life Act that bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks. Kemp signed the bill Tuesday morning despite weeks of protests from pro-choice groups and the ACLU. Before signing the bill, Kemp said Georgia is a state that values life, […]

Work to widen a large stretch of I-85 from Jackson county to Gwinnett County is continuing this week. Asphalt paving and bridge work on I-85 began Monday night, which meant single-lane closures in both directions between Liberty Church Road in Barrow County and SR 53 in Jackson County. Single-lane closures will also be utilized along I-85 northbound between Hamilton Mill […]

The Toccoa Rotary Club’s Top 5 Banquet is being held tonight at 6 P.M. at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center. Toccoa Rotary Club President Stacy Miller says the honoring of the students has been a mainstay for the club. “The Rotary Top 5 program is designed to recognize the top five percent of the SCHS graduating class each year; says […]

The determination of who will serve as the State Representative for State House District 28 has been decided, but who will pay for the expensive court hearings has not. On Friday, attorneys for Dan Gasaway filed a new Reply in their suit seeking over $107-thousand dollars in attorney fees and court costs against newly elected Representative Chris Erwin and the […]

After a three-month undercover investigation, a Mount Airy man is behind bars on drug trafficking charges. Mitchell Posey with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office tells WNEG News, ARDEO agents and deputies with the Habersham County Sheriff’s office raided a residence on Jess Kinney Road in Mount Airy on Thursday, M ay 2nd . Posey said during the search of […]

Tyson Foods, Inc. is recalling approximately 11,829,517 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of metal. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service says the frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip items were produced on various dates from Oct. 1, 2018 through March 8, 2019 and have “Use By Dates” […]

In Franklin County, the Board of Education has completed its second round of interviews of candidates for the School Superintendent position. According to a report in the Franklin County Citizen Newspaper, Board members say they are moving through the process faster than expected, but no date has been set to formally choose the next Superintendent. Current Superintendent Wayne Randall was […]

North Georgia Technical College recently nominated American Woodmark of Toccoa for the 2019 Manufacturer of the Year in the small manufacturing category (less than 150 employees.) The Toccoa plant manufactures cabinet components that are assembled in other American Woodmark locations around the country and sold through major home improvement retailers, as well as directly to large building contractors. American Woodmark […]