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Main Street Toccoa will continue its Ida Cox Music Series this weekend with a performance by Vintage Vixens. Main Street Manager Christian Hamilton says this year’s concert series will be a combination of returning and new performers. Vintage Vixens is the headlining act and will take the stage following a performance by opening act Michael McCollough at 7 p.m. The […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners approved an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget during its meeting on Tuesday. According to County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, the amendment is for the recreation department. Ayers says the amendment will allow work to be done at the recreation department’s playground by moving funds from contingencies to the recreation department. A motion was […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners entered into a fire protection services agreement with Banks County for Tates Creek Fire Department during its meeting on Tuesday. According to County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, the agreement is approved each year, to allow Tates Creek Fire Department to offer fire protection services to Banks County. Ayers says in return for Tates Creek Fire […]

Last month the new Georgia World War II Heritage Trail was presented with a TravelBlazers Award by the Georgia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus at their annual conference in Savannah. GACVB Executive Director Jay Markwalter says quote, “This tourism award recognizes a variety of new destination attractions and innovative ideas that have resulted from the creativity, passion and teamwork […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Stephens County’s Chamber of Commerce and Welcome Center is receiving a grant from the State to go towards tourism recovery efforts. Last week, Governor Brian Kemp in partnership with Explore Georgia, the state tourism office within the Georgia Department of Economic Development, announced the recipients of a special round of Tourism Recovery Marketing Grants. The Explore […]

The Historic Ritz Theatre will continue its summer movie series today with two screenings of Onward. According to Historic Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh, every Thursday in June and July, the theatre will screen a different movie with two showings, one at 10 a.m. and the other at 7 p.m. Mayhugh says the Summer Movie Series will continue next […]

The Stephens County Board of Elections will meet today for its regular scheduled meeting. According to Stephens County Registrar April Roberts the meeting will be held in the Stephens County Historic Courthouse at 5:30 p.m. Roberts says the public is invited and encouraged to attend. For questions regarding today’s Board of Elections meeting contact Roberts by calling 706-886-8954.

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners have filled the three at-large seats on the restructured Board of Elections and Registration for Stephens County. During the Stephens County Board of Commissioners regular scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Fredda Wheeler, Billy Chism, and Mack Poss were selected to fill the three at-large seats and Lori McAvoy representing the Stephens County Republican Party and […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners held the first reading and public hearing for the proposed Fiscal Year 2022 budget at its meeting on Tuesday. As WNEG News previously reported, the proposed budget was presented to the board by County Administrator Phyllis Ayers at the last meeting in May. She says the budget does not include a millage rate increase […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR We’ve all heard of stories on the news of elderly persons with dementia who go missing. Most of the time, they have simply walked away from their homes and time is of the essence to find them and reunite them with their families, according to North Georgia Elder Abuse Task Force founder Joseph Gavalis. “We found […]