Category: News

The Toccoa Police Department is reminding motorist to be mindful of crosswalks and handicapped parking and Fire Lanes. According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, in recent months, the Toccoa Police Department has received several complaints regarding handicapped parking and fire lanes throughout the city. Mize says handicapped parking is for people with marked license plates or hanging placards only. […]

A recent report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that PruittHealth will pay $4.2 million in false claims case. PruittHealth, Inc., the metro Atlanta-based nursing home giant, will pay to resolve a federal case alleging that it billed Medicare and Medicaid for home health services that weren’t eligible for reimbursement. In the AJC’s article it explains that the settlement was […]

Wednesday is the deadline to sign up to be an entry in this year’s Toccoa Christmas Parade. The Professional Women of Toccoa-Stephens County is organizing this year’s parade after the Toccoa Women’s Club, who historically organized the event, decided to no longer participate. Professional Women of Toccoa-Stephens County Organizer Dawn Jameson says the last day to sign up is Wednesday, […]

The push is on for volunteers to help pack Thanksgiving dinner plates for those who need them as well as pack supplies and food for the mission field. The ministry, Love Him Love Them is holding a volunteer orientation meeting this evening, at the Boyd Outz Center in Lavonia, according to ministry founder Linda Gunter. Last year, hundreds of volunteers […]

Two Toccoa men were arrested last week for allegedly trafficking illegal drugs. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley says on November 16, a K-9 Unit with his office conducted a traffic stop on a red Ford pickup truck in the area of Big A and Collins roads in Toccoa. The stop was conducted after the deputy determined the license plate on […]

Time is running out to sign up to participate in the annual Festival of Trees and the Christmas Sage Market for Main Street Toccoa’s annual Christmas Fest. As WNEG News previously reported, Christmas Fest returns to Toccoa on Friday, December 3. According to Main Street Toccoa Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby, the Festival of Trees and the Christmas Sage Market will […]

The deadline to drop-off gifts for Angels in the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program is December 8. Toccoa Service Center Director Rebecca Dixon says the Salvation Army Angels are ready to be ‘adopted’ for this Christmas Season. Dixon says more than 200 families signed up this year, which represents almost 500 children, ranging in ages from newborn to 12-years-old. Adopting […]

Georgia House Republicans on Monday approved the new districts that state senators drew for themselves, completing redistricting for both chambers of the General Assembly, according to an Associated Press report. However, Lawmakers must still tackle district lines for the state’s 14 congressional seats. Senators have proposed a plan, but the House Republican majority has yet to release a proposed map. […]

HOPE for a Drug Free Stephens met earlier this week for its end of year meeting. Co-Chair Kathy Whitmire spoke about the progress HOPE for a Drug Free Stephens has made during 2021. Whitmire says their mission is being accomplished. The mission of HOPE for a Drug Free Stephens is to improve access to behavioral health services and to reduce […]

The Department of Family and Children Services has launched a new program to assist families with water bills. The Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program, administered by the local Community Action Agencies, became available on November 15. This federally funded program assists low-income households with past due water bills through direct payments to their home water suppliers. Assistance will be provided […]