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The Stephens County School System will host its Second Annual Student Success Expo at Stephens County High School from 5–7 p.m. on Thursday, May 2. Superintendent Dr. Connie Franklin will present a “State of the School System” address at 6 p.m., and there will be a special presentation honoring the 2024 Stephens County Hall of Fame Inductees at 6:30 p.m. […]

Continuing our look at Monday’s Town Hall Political Forum, today we’ll continue our focus on the Stephens County Board of Commissioners Post 3 seat. During the qualifying period for the May 21 Election, four candidates qualified for the Commissioner Post 3 race, including Democrat Justin Richie, and three Republicans – James Addison, Craig Oglesby and Mark Marsteller.  With Monday’s Forum […]

Construction will begin this week on the Alto Mud Creek Road and Yonah Road crossings on State Route 365, and commuters should expect lane restrictions through the projected completion of the projects in June. According to Georgia Department of Transportation project documentation, the installation of ‘Reduce Conflict U-Turns (RCUTs) is a response to public input urging due to safety concerns […]

Commissioners Post 3 seat. During the qualifying period for the May 21 Election, four candidates qualified for the Commissioner Post 3 race, including Democrat Justin Richie, and three Republicans – James Addison, Craig Oglesby and Mark Marsteller.  With Monday’s Forum focusing on the Primary and nonpartisan May 21 election, Democrat Justin Richie, who is the only Democrat candidate running for […]

At Tuesday’s Toccoa City Commission meeting, commissioners unanimously approved moving forward with the Toccoa Creek Water Pollution Control Plant project, utilizing a new-to-Toccoa construction delivery system, termed a Construction Manager At Risk, or CMAR system, as opposed to the traditional design-bid-build construction project delivery system. With the vote to approve moving forward, commissioners also approved the selection of Reeves Young […]

Jaziya Harbin was recently recognized as the Work-Based Learning Student of the Month for February.  On March 12, the Stephens County Development Authority and the Stephens County High School WBL program visited Harbin at her workplace, The Learning Tree Academy, to congratulate her on the achievement. Logan Harris, the Director of The Learning Tree Academy said he values Harbin’s contributions […]

Continuing our look at Monday’s Town Hall Political Forum, today we’ll focus on the Stephens County Probate Court Judge race between Chris Stephens and Marti Mulligan. First, candidate Mulligan: Candidate Stephens followed: The recorded livestream of the forum is available pinned to the top of the WNEG Radio Facebook page.  We will continue with our coverage of the Town Hall […]

At the April 16 Stephens County Board of Education meeting, the Board approved the purchase of 3.71+/- acres from the Stephens County Board of Commissioners. Located at 582 Eastanollee School Road near the School System’s Eastanollee Cannery and Stephens County FFA livestock barn, the property was once the former site of Stephens County High School. According to Assistant Superintendent John […]

A charge of malice murder, which by legal definition indicates premeditation, as well as several cases of crimes against children, were included in the 25 indictments handed down by the Stephens County Grand Jury on April 15. Cases heard by Grand Jurors that resulted in indictments included five violent crimes, including malice murder, rape and aggravated assault charges, two cases […]