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Oconee Enterprise
April 26, 2018
During opening ceremonies, organizer Linda Lundy recognized several Oconee County teachers who have survived cancer, dedicating the evening to all educators in the area who are survivors. Local businesses, clubs, churches and schools manned booths throughout the night, many of which servedÃâà...
Oconee Enterprise
April 26, 2018
Our schools, infrastructure and county departments cannot absorb this kind of growth this fast.” Twenty-two years later, Dawson's forewarning is frustratingly prophetic. Oconee County is ensnared in litigation because it was forced to thwart the buildout of two massive subdivisions that sat dormant whileÃâà...
Online Athens
April 26, 2018
Two years ago Watkinsville dentist Dr. David Brown had his inoperable 1969 Ford Torino carted over to Eric Gunter's backyard garage for a restoration. “It was a mess,” Gunter recalled recently. “Two other shops had started it and took it apart. Then it sat for two years. Dr. Brown brought it to me and I spentÃâà...
Oconee Enterprise
April 26, 2018
The University of North Georgia is deepening its roots in Oconee County. In a single week, Oconee Campus Director Cyndee Perdue Moore graduated from Leadership Oconee, various law-enforcement agencies visited campus for a safety fair and students donated three standing libraries to the city ofÃâà...
Oconee Enterprise
April 26, 2018
Since 1969, Oconee County's agricultural land usage has decreased by 45 percent; meanwhile, the county's population exploded by over 400 percent. Jacob Hartman, a junior at Oconee County High School and a recent transplant from Tampa, focused on the pollution impact that increased suburbanÃâà...
Oconee Enterprise
April 26, 2018
Early voting runs from April 30 to May 18 from 8-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Saturday voting will be May 12 from 9-4 p.m. The only place for early voting will be Board of Elections and Registration at 10 Court Street in Watkinsville. The building is adjacent to the Oconee County Courthouse directly behindÃâà...
Vanguard
April 25, 2018
There's no similar signage advertising the Oconee campus or the University of North Georgia — short of the sign located on campus. ... Further, UGA's reach into the community at large is so expansive that from the property of the Oconee campus you can see the UGA's Oconee County Extension office.
Online Athens
April 23, 2018
The Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: STRANGER INVADES: On April 11, Deputy Kenji Dorsey was dispatched to meet with a 24-year-old resident of Moreland Heights Road, who reported she came home about 3:30 p.m. and put her groceries in the kitchen. She heard aÃâà...
WSPA.com
April 16, 2018
OCONEE COUNTY, SC (WSPA) - School board members in Oconee County met Monday night to discuss a plan that would allow certain school staff members to carry guns. As many as 50 school employees, with the proper training, could be armed if it were to pass. The meeting on Monday was an openÃâà...
WYFF Greenville
April 15, 2018
She told deputies that she was forced to drive into Oconee County but the car ran out of gas, and she tried to escape the vehicle. Deputies said information from dispatch indicated the woman may have also been thrown into the lake. Deputies said the alleged carjacker was described as a man wearing anÃâà...
Flagpole Magazine
April 10, 2018
Ann Stoneburner said she was motivated to help set up a program at the Oconee County Library late last month by a concern with the rewrite of the county's Comprehensive Plan and its impact on development in the county. The centerpiece of that program—sponsored by the Oconee County DemocraticÃâà...
WYFF Greenville
April 9, 2018
More school security may be on the way in Oconee County ... Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw and School Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland, want to arm as many as 50 school employees in the county's 19 schools. Advertisement. They would supplement 9 School Resource Officers in an activeÃâà...
Online Athens
April 6, 2018
The director of the Oconee County Animal Services has been placed on administrative leave in the wake of an investigation into missing money and possibly missing medications, according to the Oconee County Sheriff's Office. The investigation began March 20, when deputies took a report from countyÃâà...
Online Athens
April 6, 2018
Thieves hit an Oconee County neighborhood hard during the early morning hours of Wednesday, breaking into at least 22 vehicles and stealing three vehicles, according to Oconee County sheriff's reports. The crime spree occurred in subdivisions off Lenru Road in the Malcom Bridge Road section of theÃâà...
Oconee Enterprise
April 5, 2018
Animal Services Director Catlyn Vickers resigned Monday while the Oconee County Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation into missing money. The Sheriff's Office has also asked the Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency to conduct an audit of the pharmaceuticals being obtained, stored and utilizedÃâà...
Online Athens
March 12, 2018
Hughes also had one hit, one run and two RBIs in North Oconee's 14-1 win over Athens Christian. Charlie Ledford, Commerce – In Commerce's 10-6 victory Saturday at Banks County, Ledford was the winning pitcher with three hits, four runs, two walks and four strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings and he also hadÃâà...
FOX Carolina
March 10, 2018
Oconee County deputies said a man was arrested and charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor second degree. Deputies said 32-year-old Christopher James Duncan was arrested on Thursday night. According to the sheriff's office, a deputy spoke with the family member of the victim in regards toÃâà...
Online Athens
March 10, 2018
SUSPICIOUS MAN: On March 1, a 64-year-old Watkinsville man reported that for three days an unknown person has followed a 29-year-old woman who lives in his home. The man once stopped in the driveway for a period of time before he drove off. The deputy said extra patrols would be made in the areaÃâà...
Upstate Business Journal
March 9, 2018
Just Aircraft is based in a 32,000-square-foot facility at 170 Duck Pond Road in Oconee County, about 2.5 miles south of Walhalla. Woodland, an aircraft designer, founded the company in 2002 in Caldwell, Idaho. He met Schmitt, a builder and pilot, at an air show. Schmitt, originally of Highlands, N.C., saidÃâà...
Online Athens
March 6, 2018
Oglethorpe County has become the third metro Athens county to join a legion of local governments across the United States in filing a lawsuit against makers and manufacturers of opioid drugs. Oglethorpe's filing last week followed similar court cases launched earlier by the Athens-Clarke and OconeeÃâà...
Online Athens
March 3, 2018
THEFT: On Feb. 22, a man reported that he was at a work site on Old Epps Bridge Road at the Sims Drive intersection, when someone stole two Stihl chainsaws out of the work truck. The saws are valued at $1,850. SCAM CALL: On Feb. 23, a 68-year-old Watkinsville man reported that someone called hisÃâà...
Online Athens
February 25, 2018
BUSINESS VANDALIZED: On Feb. 12, deputies were dispatched to the Bishop Chevron on Macon Highway, where the store manager reported the place had been vandalized by a man who was working during the weekend. The manager reported that he asked the acquaintance to work at the store for twoÃâà...
Anderson Independent Mail
February 22, 2018
Two Oconee County high school students were arrested Wednesday after making what appears to be baseless threats, according to a statement from the Oconee County School District. The school district said in a statement that there have been several threats in recent days, at both middle and highÃâà...
FOX Carolina
February 20, 2018
Social media started buzzing Monday night about a mysterious boom that was reportedly heard and felt by people in communities across Oconee County. The National Weather Service confirmed it wasn't weather related and the U.S. Geological Survey reported no earthquake activity. FOX Carolina alsoÃâà...
The State
February 18, 2018
... Saturday near the intersection of Wells Highway and Owens Road, just east of Seneca, according to Lance Cpl. Justin Sutherland of the S.C. Highway Patrol. The victim, identified by Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis as 11-year-old Emmalee Budrevich, was crossing Wells Highway when a car hit her.
Greenville News
February 13, 2018
The Oconee County Sheriff's Office announced the arrests on Tuesday as part of its "Operation Avalanche." Jerry Scott Gibson, 48, of Seneca, is charged with conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine. Ricky Lee Addis, Jr., 33, of Seneca, is charged with trafficking methamphetamine. Both suspects wereÃâà...
Greenville News
February 11, 2018
The Oconee County Sheriff's Office arrested eight people after a monthslong investigation into methamphetamine trafficking. Authorities on Thursday executed four search warrants looking for suspects, drugs, cash, stolen items and guns. The sting was the start of "Operation Avalanche," the Sheriff's OfficeÃâà...
Oconee Enterprise
December 31, 1999
Oconee County children are invited to the 12th annual Touch A Truck event on Saturday, March 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Oconee Heritage Park. The Oconee County Parks and Recreation Department is hosting the event, during which children will get to touch and explore trucks of all kinds. The event isÃâà...
WSPA.com
December 31, 1999
Ellis tells 7News that 98 percent of the homes in Oconee County are older than 2009 which means their smoke detectors are more than likely out of date. It's information like this that they hope to get across to the community as well as find partners who are willing to provide resources for those who can'tÃâà...
Online Athens
December 31, 1999
One man was killed and two people seriously injured in a two-car wreck Tuesday evening on Georgia Highway 316 in Oconee County, according to the Georgia State Patrol. The wreck occurred at about 6 p.m. at the McNutt Creek Road intersection. A patrol spokeswoman said a Nissan GT-R sports car,Ãâà...
