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Main Street Toccoa was recently awarded a $50,000 Rural Business Development Grant by the USDA for infrastructure upgrades at the Historic Ritz Theatre. Community Development Specialist Christian Hamilton said this grant is generally used to fund rural economic development projects. “What we’re going to be using this grant for is to complete the balcony at the Historic Ritz Theatre as […]
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The City Commission approves the adoption of an updated comprehensive plan at last night’s meeting. The Toccoa Planning Commission worked on updating the plan last month with help from a Northeast Georgia Regional Commission group and the public’s opinion via a survey that was published. Commissioner Gail Fry said this plan is a requirement and provides guidance for every day […]
Read moreMJ Kneiser A Habersham County couple is behind bars, charged with being part of a methamphetamine drug trafficking ring. Mitchell Posey with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office told WNEG News the ring operated in both Habersham County and Gwinnett County. 36-year-old Jennifer Bone of Demorest and 34-year-old Ronald Jones of Cornelia were arrested June 15 after a lengthy surveillance […]
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MJ Kneiser No trial dates set yet for the suspects in two prominent Stephens County murder cases. In Stephens County Superior Court yesterday, attorneys for Marqkeela Lawain Hill and William Demetrius McElveen, asked for a continuance on both those murder cases, according to Mountain Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Rick Bridgeman. Hill and McElveen were charged in the February 2016 […]
Read moreCharles Anthony, WLHR A Friday morning single-vehicle wreck on GA 51 in Franklin County results in one fatality. Robert Alexander Lewis, 19 of Homer ,was headed east on GA 51 during the 4 o’ clock hour Friday morning in a 2005 Chevrolet Colorado when he entered a curve to the left, traveled off the road to the right and then […]
Read moreMJ Kneiser The official start of Summer doesn’t begin until tomorrow, but already two people have drowned on Lake Hartwell. That’s why DNR Law Enforcement officials are once again emphasizing the importance of water safety – particularly wearing a life jacket. Saturday evening, a Lavonia man drowned when he slipped off a floatation device into the water near the Rocky […]
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INSP Film’s newest release, “County Line”, premiered at the Historic Ritz Theatre this past weekend. The film was shot in Toccoa back in 2016 at locations throughout the city, including Toccoa Raceway and the Stephens County Court House. Premiere events were on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and President of the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce Julie Paysen said it was […]
Read moreLast week, the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office arrested Ronald Sammy Loggins Jr. for trafficking Heroin. On June 15, Habersham County authorities arrested Loggins at Circle K Convenience Store in Alto after a long surveillance and finding a bag in Loggins’ pants pocket containing 5 grams of heroin. The street value of the heroin […]
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The Toccoa City Commisson is holding a work session and meeting tonight at 5 p.m. During the work session, the commission will discuss combining the Citizen Advisory Board on Litter and Blight with the Keep Toccoa Stephens County Beautiful Board and the re-classification of natural gas transmission main to distribution system. The agenda for the meeting includes consideration of adoption […]
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MJ Kneiser Authorities are still searching for a woman suspected of robbing a bank in the Banks Crossing area yesterday morning. Banks County Sheriff’s spokesperson Sgt Carissa McFaddin tells WNEG News it happened Monday morning about 10:30 at the Northeast Georgia Bank branch on U.S. 441. McFaddin said that at the time of the robbery, the woman was wearing a […]
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