Oconee County, GA Politics

Prayers and immediate rehab for whoever she is, and sympathy for the family too. Extreme intoxication: Woman brought to Athens hospital with .566 blood-alcohol level An Oconee County woman who was bought unconscious into the emergency room of an Athens hospital this week had a blood-alcohol concentration of .566 percent — seven times the level at which it is illegal to drive. Her level of intoxication was the highest in a living person that a senior local police official had ever heard of. The 30-year-old woman was carried into the emergency room at St. Mary’s Hospital by an unidentified male who told a nurse he found the woman lying partially naked on the property of The Lodge at Athens on North Avenue, according to an Athens-Clarke County police report. When brought to the hospital sometime after 3 a.m. Tuesday, the woman was wearing only a pair of black Nike workout pants, according to the police report. Her eye was said to be bruised, as was her forehead, and she h...

‘Upscale’ restaurant will occupy Dolvin building : When the county vacates the courthouse annex at the end of the month, the process of renovating for a restaurant will begin immediately.

This is what private schools like Westminster Christian are for. I have no problems with a World Religion class, or even a World Religious History class, but we cannot allow our public school curriculum to be abducted by any one religion, sorry. We just can't. I have been proven correct on this issue time and time again, and I refuse to allow our local system to be dragged down into this battle again. Ministers make case for public Bible classes : The clergy of seven churches have endorsed a proposed Christian Learning Center that awaits a response from the Oconee County Board of Education.

Told you he was going to raise your taxes. Ga. Highway 15 will get passing lanes in Oconee, Greene counties

Oconee County Observations: State Department Of Natural Resources Sampled Fish... : 17 Species Found A nine-person team from the Wildlife Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources walked 250 yards o...

Oconee County Observations: November Ballot In Oconee County Will Contain Educ... : BOC Post II Too The ballot that Oconee County voters will see on the screens of the voting machines for the Nov. 8 election has gotten ful...