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The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) is pleased to announce the opening of the application period for the State of Georgia Gang Activity Prosecution (GAP) Grant. The State of Georgia set aside $1,250,000 in funds from the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 state budget for a competitive grant to facilitate gang activity prosecutions in the state. The FY […]
Read moreMark Wilkinson, chairman of the Stephens County Hospital Authority Board, had earlier announced his intention to stop down from his role on the seven-member Board when his term expired this year. Board member Bo Dotson’s term, along with Wilkinson’s, expires at the end of this month. At the Hospital Authority Board meeting earlier this week, the Board voted to approve […]
Read moreClarkesville, GA – The North Georgia Technical College horticulture program is hosting the college’s annual fall plant sale from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Oct. 2-5, at the Clarkesville campus greenhouses. The sale includes assorted azaleas and rhododendrons; pansies and violas; lavender; mums; ornamental peppers; ornamental grasses; trees and shrubs; ferns; hydrangeas; and more. Cards, cash, and checks are accepted, […]
Read moreThe Stephens County School System has announced the schedule for the groundbreaking ceremony for the school’s new Stephens County Ag Center The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 28, School Superintendent Dr. Connie Franklin told WNEG NEws yesterday. She said the school district is looking forward to celebrating the start of construction on a facility that will […]
Read moreAt Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting of the Toccoa City Commission, City Manager Billy Morse’s retirement was officially announced. Earlier this year, Morse advised the Commission that he would be retiring at the end of his employment agreement, which expires on September 30. In a letter to the Commission and Mayor David Austin dated March 13, Morse wrote, “I am thankful […]
Read moreThis morning, Demetrius Sanchez Smith, 34, of Toccoa, entered a last-minute guilty plea on two charges of violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, as well as methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking counts. Smith’s jury trial was scheduled to begin this morning in Stephens County Superior Court, but Smith entered his guilty plea to the charges before a jury […]
Read moreAt a called meeting of the Stephens County Board of Registrars and Elections held on September 12, Board Chairman Sean Black distributed the official calendar for the 2023 municipal elections for the Town of Martin and the City of Toccoa. According to the approved schedule, October 10 will be the deadline for the Elections Office to publish the notice of […]
Read moreFollowing up on WNEG’s ongoing coverage of the SungEel battery recycling facility scheduled to be located at Hayestone Brady Industrial Park, and responding to a number of questions and concerns expressed to the station by residents, as well as our own research, WNEG News submitted questions regarding the proposed SungEel facility to government agencies, fire fighting officials, SungEel company representatives […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Development Authority kicked off monthly Work-Based Learning Student of The Month program for the 2023-24 school year by recognizing Aurora Elrod as the August WBL Student of the Month. Elrod is a senior at SCHS, and works at ASI Southeast in Eastanollee. She is a dual enrollment student at North Georgia Technical College and plays on the […]
Read moreAs reported on our on-air news broadcasts at 7:30 and 8 a.m. this morning, WNEG News was notified early this morning by Georgia State Patrol Post 7 that a single-vehicle crash on GA17 (Highway 17 Bypass) near GA145 (Liberty Hill Road) resulted in a fatality. The incident occurred last night, September 14, at approximately 10:15 p.m. The GSP Investigation is […]
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