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Think that your vote is not important? In the District 28 Re-Run election it is a three vote difference! The race involving Stephens, Banks, and part of Habersham County had this unofficial result. (R) Challenger Chris Erwin 3,516 (R) Incumbent Dan Gasaway 3,513 Again, these results are unofficial and do not include some provisional ballots yet to be tallied. The […]
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Stephens County’s Unofficial and Incomplete ABM and AIP Special May Primary District 28 Re-Run Election Results District 28 State Representative – Republican Dan Gasaway (I): 1597 (59.52%) R. Chris Erwin: 1086 (40.48%) Note: District wide the results are too close to call with Erwin in the lead by just 3 votes and enough outstanding provisional ballots left to count, could […]
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The November General Run-off and the Special May Primary Republican District 28 Re-run elections in Stephens County are today. Beginning at 7 a.m., residents of Stephens County will go to the Stephens County Senior Center, located on Rose Lane in Toccoa, to cast ballots until polls close at 7 p.m. Stephens County Registrar Bill Cochran says the polls will be […]
Read morePhone lines are back up at the Ninth District Opportunity after crashing for a time Monday. Monday was the first day for the general public to call and make an appointment to apply for home-heating assistance. Paula Duley with the NInth District Opportunity in Toccoa tells WNEG News so many people tried to call the toll-free phone line Monday it […]
Read moreThe winners are in for this year’s Toccoa Christmas Parade. This year’s parade was scheduled for Saturday, but because of rain was moved to Sunday afternoon in Downtown Toccoa. 2018 winners are as follows: Best Overall- J&S Farms Best School-Stephens County High School JROTC Best Church or Civic Group-Liberty Baptist Church Best Other (tie)-Hewitt and Son and Steadfast Family Farm. […]
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The eleventh annual Festival of Trees was held was held this past weekend in the Historic Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. Businesses and non-profit organizations, decorated the trees, many with themes that reflected their organization. Each group received the proceeds from their votes. Fourteen trees were on display receiving a total of over 850 total votes. For $1 visitors were able […]
Read moreSo many people have tried to call to apply for home heating assistance today that the phone lines at the Ninth District Opportunity have crashed. Paula Duley with the NInth District Opportunity in Toccoa is asking people calling to apply for heating assistance to be patient while crews work to fix the problem. Today is the first day to apply […]
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The November General Run-off and the May Primary Re-run elections are tomorrow in Stephens County. Beginning at 7 a.m., residents of Stephens County will come to the Stephens County Senior Center, located on Rose Lane in Toccoa, to cast ballots until polls close at 7 p.m. Stephens County Registrar Bill Cochran says the polls will be set up differently this […]
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Stephens County’s application to the Federal Communications Commission has been completed. That’s according to Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers. She says that the application to move to the Atlanta TV stations has been completed and will be uploaded to the FCC website for review. This does not mean that the FCC will automatically make a decision on Stephens County’s request; […]
Read moreA recent drug investigation ends with the arrest of a Toccoa man. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, the investigation began after his office received multiple complaints of heavy drug activity from residents living on South Alexander Street. Shirley says through the use of heavy surveillance the Criminal Investigation Division were able to verify that the information received from […]
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