Category: News

The Christmas Movie Series at the HIstoric Ritz Theatre in Toccoa is set for the first three Thursdays of December.  This year, the Series will feature the Santa Clause movies, starring Tim Allen as Jolly Ole Saint Nick. The Santa Clause will kick off the Series next week with showings at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Dec. 7.  Santa […]

Paul Hopkins of Toccoa has been named by North Georgia Technical College as one of four finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership, or GOAL.  Hopkins is a precision machining and manufacturing student and was nominated by instructor Derrick Hogan.  GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia, honors excellence in academics and leadership among the […]

With Thanksgiving leftovers safely stored in refrigerators all across the community, WNEG News turns attention to the upcoming Christmas season and the wide range of upcoming events and activities here in Toccoa/Stephens County.  First, a reminder that, although Saturday was Small Business Saturday, downtown Toccoa will continue to celebrate the community’s locally-owned businesses in the coming week, with entries into […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners, at tomorrow’s regularly scheduled meeting, will hold the first reading and public hearing for amendments to Stephens County Manufactured Homes & Trailers Ordinance and the First reading and public hearing for amendments to the Stephens County land use ordinance. As of press time, WNEG News had been unable to obtain details regarding these amendments. […]

A total of 21 people lost their lives on Georgia roadways over the Thanksgiving Holiday Travel Period, according to the latest numbers provided by the Georgia Department of Public Safety. None of the fatalities occurred in Stephens County, and within the region, only one fatality was reported when Georgia State Patrol Post 52 Hartwell worked a single-fatality crash on Saturday […]

In news reported by our sister station WLHR in Lavonia, a routine traffic safety check in Hart County Friday has resulted in a death. According to Georgia State Patrol Trooper Corporal Wiliam Jordan of GSP Post 52 Hartwell, it happened just after 10p Friday night. Jordan said Troopers from Post 52 Hartwell along with deputies from the Hart County Sheriff’s […]

Wildlife viewing is a popular activity for both Georgia residents and tourists, and a round of grants from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for 2024 is attempting to make chances to take part in that activity more widely available. Projects that help people experience the animals, plants and natural habitats emphasized in Georgia’s State Wildlife Action Plan can now […]

The Historic Ritz Theatre, with help from Friends of the Ritz, is bringing Atlanta crooner and trumpet player Joe Gransden to town to kick off the Christmas season with his special Holiday Show this Thursday, November 30  at 7 p.m. According to the January 2018 issue of Atlanta Magazine, Gransden, a trumpet virtuoso, vocalist, and band leader, regularly tours the […]