Category: News

Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King is asking all Georgians to exercise caution while using home heating equipment this winter. Commissioner King warns that if used carelessly, heating equipment such as space heaters and fireplaces can become fire hazards. Heating equipment is a leading cause of residential fires in the United States. Data from the National Fire Prevention […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting 114 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 4,686 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. In Stephens County there has been a total of 359 hospitalizations due to the virus since the start of the pandemic. The latest report was released Monday afternoon. In the last […]

The Stephens County Board of Education has scheduled a Special Called Meeting to appoint Dr. Constance Franklin as Stephens County School Superintendent. The called meeting has been set for January 4, at 5:30 p.m. in the Stephens County School District Administrative Building. As WNEG News previously reported, Franklin was named the sole finalist for the Stephens County School Superintendent position. […]

Stephens County in partnership with the Georgia Department of Revenue will begin upgrading its Georgia Drives Motor Vehicle System at the end of the month. According to Stephens County Tax Commissioner Dene Hicks, this upgrade will keep the county up to date with the latest technology advances and will ensure they have access to the most recent enhancements and features […]

2021 is coming to a close, which means it is once again time to look back at the top stories in Stephens County over the past 12 months. One topic that has remained in the news throughout the year has been the coronavirus. In January, COVID vaccines became available and in August, District 2 Public Health announced that 250,000 vaccines […]

The body of a man was found Christmas morning at a park in Stephens County. Stephens County Coroner’s Office has confirmed that the body has been identified as 49-year-old Barrett Cash. The body was located at the Emory Johnson Park on Whitman Street, in Toccoa. No other details have been released at this time. WNEG News will continue to follow […]

The spread of COVID-19 continues to increase in Stephens County. According to the Department of Public Health, there have been 4,673 total cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County, since the start of the pandemic, an increase of 23 since WNEG’s report last week. The DPH is reporting 114 confirmed COVID-related deaths in Stephens County, an increase of one since WNEG’s […]

The Toccoa City Commission has set the date for its annual planning meeting. The annual planning meeting allows the City Commission to meet with the city’s Department Heads to establish goals for the upcoming year. During the recent Toccoa City Commission meeting, City Manager Billy Morse asked the Commission to consider setting January 10, 2022, as the date for the […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hartwell Lake Office has started accepting natural Christmas trees for recycling. As they do every year at this time, the Hartwell Lake Office will continue to accept them through January 26. Jess Fleming is the Corps’ Natural Resources Specialist at Hartwell Lake. He says the trees are tied in bundles, weighted with concrete anchors, […]

The spread of COVID-19 continues to increase in Stephens County. According to the Department of Public Health, there have been 4,645 total cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County, since the start of the pandemic, an increase of 14 since WNEG’s report last week. The DPH is reporting 113 confirmed COVID-related deaths in Stephens County, an increase of two since WNEG’s […]