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The Professional Women of Toccoa-Stephens County is encouraging businesses and civic groups to sign up for the upcoming 2021 Toccoa Christmas Parade. The parade has historically been sponsored by the Toccoa Women’s Club; however, the group decided to no longer organize the event. Professional Women of Toccoa-Stephens County Organizer Dawn Jameson says the deadline to sign up to be an […]

Today is election day in Stephens County. According to Stephens County Election Supervisor April Roberts, election day voting for the Special Election for Stephens County residents and the Town of Martin Municipal Election will be at two separate locations. She says voting for Stephens County residents will be held at the Stephens County Senior Center from 7 a.m. to 7 […]

A South Carolina man was arrested in Stephens County after a traffic stop. According to Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley, on October 22, at approximately 3 p.m., a Stephens County Sheriff’s Deputy was dispatched to a report of a reckless driver on Big A Road. The deputy observed a vehicle matching the description and began to monitor the vehicle. Shirley […]

The Stephens County Health Department will hold a drive-thru flu clinic this Thursday, November 4 at the Stephens County Health Department from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Health Department is located at 64 Boulevard, Suite 102, in Toccoa. This year, the quadrivalent vaccine (four-in-one) will serve as the regular flu vaccine and will protect against four different strains of […]

Stephens County’s Amnesty Day event is slated for this weekend. The Stephen County Government assisted by Keep Toccoa-Stephens County Beautiful recently announced the next Amnesty Day will be held on Saturday, November 6. The Amnesty Day event runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Stephens County Public Works Department, located at 1597 Scenic Drive, in Toccoa. Stephens County […]

The Stephens County Planning Commission will meet this evening in the Stephens County Grand Jury Room of the Stephens County Government Building at 7:00 p.m. The location was changed due to Election Counting starting at 7:00 p.m. in the Historic Stephens County Courthouse. Again, the Stephens County Planning Commission will meet this evening in the Stephens County Grand Jury Room […]

Authorities are investigating after a man was found dead at the bottom of Tallulah Gorge. The body of William Lang Pottle, 39, of Brookhaven was found in the gorge Friday night, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said. He was found about 150 feet (46 meters) from the top of an overlook, DNR spokesman Mark McKinnon said. Searchers began looking […]

Election day is tomorrow in Stephens County. There are two elections in Stephens County on Tuesday, the Special Election for Stephens County residents, and the Town of Martin Municipal Election. Stephens County Election Supervisor April Roberts says election day voting for Stephens County residents will be held at the Stephens County Senior Center from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; whereas […]

The spread of COVID-19 continues to slow in Stephens County. According to the Department of Public Health, there have been 4,525 total cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County, since the start of the pandemic, an increase of 36 since WNEG’s report last week. In the last two weeks, ending October 29, the DPH reports a total of 86 new cases […]

A local citizen has made several allegations against a Stephens County Sheriff’s Deputy in an Op/ED that was published in The Toccoa Record on Thursday, October 28, 2021; since being published, that deputy has been terminated. Buster Smith writes that on Thursday, October 14, he was riding his bicycle to downtown Toccoa; however, when he was heading home, he was […]