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Empty school bus involved in accident on 316 leaving one injured | Online Athens

Empty school bus involved in accident on 316 leaving one injured | Online Athens

Advisory Message: Traffic Advisory Notice - Traffic Congestion on Hwy 316 at Hwy 78 on March 13th from 10 AM -10:20 AM

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It is raining and storming with thunder which I think will provide more danger this morning. But watch out nonetheless. Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Subject: Advisory Message: Traffic Advisory Notice - Traffic Congestion on Hwy 316 at Hwy 78 on March 13th from 10 AM -10:20 AM From: oconee-county-georgia-sheriffs-office@emails.nixle.com Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:06:19 +0000 Monday March 12, 2012, 6:05 PM Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office A message from your Sheriff's Office. ...

Couple of traffic accidents to contend with this afternoon on Deathtrap 316

Advisory Message has been issued by the Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office. Thursday April 7, 2011 4:06 PM EDT Accident with injuries at 316 & Jimmy Daniel. Watch for road blockage and emergency workers/vehicles. For full details, go to https://local.nixle.com/alert/4675593/?sub_id=496910 . Barrow County is reporting 316 at Hwy 11 blocked in both directions due to serious wreck. For full details, go to https://local.nixle.com/alert/4675595/?sub_id=496910 . Contact Information: Lee Weems Oconee County Sheriff's Office 706-769-3945 lweems@oconeesheriff.org Contact Information: Lee Weems Oconee County Sheriff's Office 706-769-3945 lweems@oconeesheriff.org

Slow down on 316 on-ramp after it is opened again

Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office: The on-ramp from 316 onto the outer 10-loop has been closed down temporarily due to a wreck at on the ramp that occurred when a driver hit a patch of ice and lost control. Please slow down and use caution.

Reynolds families, Republican donors benefit from road bill

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Road bill bends in direction of donors | ajc.com It is not surprising that the G.O.P. submitted road bill would cherry pick projects putting their donors interests ahead of the State of Georgia, but it is somewhat surprising that they would stonewall with such shortsightedness regarding who has made the sweetwater deals take place. I mean why would they not want to take credit for further corruption and sleaze for what they please in and around the State. Let's make an unneeded and unrecommended twice interchange near Savannah because our wealthy Florida donors want to build something there. Let's turn a dirt road in Greene County and pave it into a superhighway for the superwealthy before the Obama administration confiscates all our gold. We don't need anything here in Oconee or Clarke counties like extra lanes on the death trap that is 316 to allieviate long lines from the 10 Loop By-Pass on any afternoon or morning during rush hour. We don't need a long promised By-p...

Local choices in development and Democratic politics

Slowly but surely the Creekside development of the cross section of Oconee, Oglethorpe and Clarke county in the Old Barnett (Shoals) Estates area inches forward, with cameras, traffic counters, surveying, et cetera near the old country club called Green Acres. Bill Paul and some supporters spoke with the Athens Banner-Herald reporter. The area in question is one of the last quaint quarters of the county, with even a few mailing addresses of that area of Oconee County called Arnoldsville. Paul's properties are on both sides of the county line for Clarke and Oconee if memory serves me correctly. He has done an amazing job restoring some old structures and an even better job organizing opposition to the proposed development. Meanwhile the Oconee County Democratic Committee continues to chug along almost unnoticed in their regular monthly meetings in the mainstream media of the three local newspapers. I suppose I can take discredit for that slip-up. I need to let them all know the n...