Category: News

As you make your weekend plans, the Stephens County E-911 Communications will be hosting its First Annual Public Safety Spring Fling. The event is scheduled for this Saturday, April 14th, from 10am – 3pm at the Stephens County Recreation Department ball fields located at Rose Lane Dispatcher Meghan Fraser says the Spring Fling is a good way for the public […]

The Wonderful NorthEast Georgia Quality of Life Show is this today from 4-7 P.M. at the Stephens County Recreation Department’s Roselane Activity Center. The public is invited to attend. There is no admission. There will be food samples from X-Factor Grill, Pings Grill, and Victoria’s Sweet Treats. Southern Research Station from Athens will provide A Pollinator Station that the kids […]

A Hart County doctor is facing multiple charges of child molestation and more charges could be forthcoming. GBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ayers tells WNEG News that on March 29th, his office was contacted by the Hart County Sheriff’s Office and asked to investigate the allegations against 71-year old Dr. Tommy Beeson. As a result of their investigation, Dr. […]

A Tuesday night residential structure fire has been ruled as arson. The home, located at 555 South Pond Street, had been of interest to the City of Toccoa for future housing developments. The city is scheduled to close on the property tomorrow morning. The cost of acquiring the property is $16,000. Officials told WNEG News that the fire was a […]

Social Security is sending out new Medicare ID cards and criminals are trying to take advantage of the announcement with a new phone scam targeting seniors. Congress required the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to remove Social Security numbers from Medicare cards by April 2019. The new Medicare ID numbers will be a mix of numbers and letters, and […]

In Banks County, Fire officials and the Georgia State Fire Marshall’s office are now offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for a house fire last month in Homer. Officials said the reward could be as much as $10,000 according to the Fire Marshal’s Office. The blaze happened last month at 2090 Highway 441 […]

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office has been on a roll recently with more than three large-scale drug operations being shut down by investigators this past month. Another investigation ends in the dismantling of a drug ring located in Stephens County. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley recently announced that on April 4, investigators with his office executed a search warrant at […]

Georgia State Representative Dan Gasaway has asked the Attorney General of Georgia Christopher Carr to assist him in opening an investigation into the Habersham County Board of Education.   Gasaway wrote in a Georgia House of Representatives Guest Editiorial provided to WNEG that he is requesting the investigation into a Gainesville construction company which has employed his Republican primary opponent […]