Category: News

Time is running out for Stephens County residents to take advantage of early voting. Anyone wishing to vote early in the May general primary runoff election has until 5 p.m., Friday, July 20, to do so. Polls will be open today, tomorrow and Friday, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Bill Cochran is the Chief Registrar and Elections Superintendent for […]

Planning Commissioner Don Pruitt has decided to retire after a long and storied history on the Toccoa Planning Commission. According to Community Development Director Connie Tabor, Pruitt began his service Feb. 17, 2000, and served for six, three-year terms; his last term ended June 30, 2018. Tabor told WNEG News, that Pruitt elected to not seek re-appointment for another term. […]

The City of Toccoa is one of just nine municipalities that has been designated as a Rural Zone community for 2018 and that is good news for business owners in the downtown area. Toccoa was awarded the designation in January by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. Next week, Main Street Toccoa will host this month’s Lunch-n-Learn to explain to […]

Toccoa-Stephens County is gearing up for the big screen—yet again. According to Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President Julie Paysen, Stephens County is beginning to get quite the reputation in the film industry. Recently, Paysen told WNEG News about the fifth movie being shot here in Stephens County. “The name of this movie is going to be ‘When We Last […]

A Toccoa woman was arrested after being stopped for a tag violation. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, officers with the Toccoa Police Department were on patrol, in the area of West Currahee Street and Broad Street, when they observed a vehicle with a tag violation. Officers then performed a traffic stop on the vehicle. Mize said, that the […]

In recent weeks, officers with the Toccoa Police Department have received a number of complaints regarding empty homes being vandalized. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, on July 11, while officers were patrolling one of the reported areas, they spotted a Ford Ranger pickup leaving one of the homes. After stopping the vehicle, officers discovered the driver, identified as […]

The Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter is bursting at the seems with animals needing to be adopted and now the shelter is offering two-for-one adoption deals on some of them. Monday, Shelter Director Jeff Roberts said the shelter is currently housing over 225 cats and dogs, well beyond the 150 -animal capacity that the shelter is designed for. And because most […]

Funeral services have not yet been announced for former Stephens County Marshall Thomas Bennett. Bennett was killed Friday in a one-vehicle accident in Toccoa. According to the Georgia State Patrol incident report, Bennett was driving his 2011 Toyota Tundra south on Currahee Street when he failed to negotiate a curve. Bennett lost control of his vehicle, ran off the shoulder […]