Category: News

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 […]

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested two Toccoa residents following separate traffic stops. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, the first arrest occurred on December 18, at 12:38 a.m., when a K-9 Deputy with the Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on the Highway 17 bypass near Martin after observing a Jeep Liberty driving erratically, making sudden lane […]

Toccoa City Hall is closed today, December 23, and tomorrow, December 24, in observance of Christmas. Routes for garbage and recycling scheduled to be picked up on today, will be picked up on Monday, December 27, and routes for garbage and recycling scheduled to be picked up on Friday, December 24, will be picked up on Tuesday, December 28. Commercial […]

The Toccoa City Commission met on Monday for its regular scheduled meeting; during which, the Commission made appointments for the Northeast Georgia Housing Authority and the Board of Ethics Panel. City Manager Billy Morse explained that Northeast Georgia Housing Authority member Rose Means term will expire on December 31, 2021. Commissioner David Austin made a motion to reappoint Means to […]

As WNEG News recently told you, the Toccoa Police Department has a Giving Tree set up in the lobby of the Police Station. The purpose of the Giving Tree is to provide residents with kids to take what they need. Two administrative assistants with the Toccoa Police Department partnered using donated resources to install the tree. Toccoa Police Department Administrative […]

Jeanette Jamieson has been elected to serve as Toccoa’s Mayor for calendar year 2022. During the recent Toccoa City Commission meeting, Commissioner Terry Carter made a motion to elect Jamieson to the position of Mayor and Commissioner David Austin as Vice-Mayor, with Commissioner Gail Fry seconding the motion. Carter thanked Mayor Evan Hellenga for his time as Mayor in 2021. […]

The City of Toccoa has new websites. City Officials recently announced that its new websites are now live. The official City of Toccoa website features a modern and up-to-date design with the ability to pay bills, taxes, and fines, view city code, and submit work requests from the online interface. The website is now also mobile-friendly. The updated City of […]