Oconee County, GA Politics

This street light was knocked over Saturday in Watkinsville This street lights looks as if it was saddened by the Georgia football loss to Missouri today. Down the street the banners were being taken down from the various ornamental street lights, presumably by someone from the Daughters of the American Revolution. I am all for historical recognition of various events and anniversaries celebrated by such displays, but wish they would extend down to Barnett Shoals where the ragged banners flap like they were on display at Fort McHenry.

Man is Tased by Police After Resisting Arrest

Driver of Empty School Bus Involved in Crash With SUV Charged

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Commissioners Make Share the Road Si... : "A Meeting by “Virtual Means” Oconee County will place Share the Road signs on Simonton Bridge, Barnett Shoals and Colham Ferry roads followi..."

Water main break in Watkinsville - boil water notice coming.  Yesterday the fire hydrant was being purged on the north side of downtown during the sunny Super Sunday afternoon with Oconee County officials well aware.

I must commend Mayor Joe Walter and the streets department of Watkinsville for painting the LARGE white stripes on the roads to remind drivers  exactly where to stop around the streets in the subdivisions of Watkinsville. Once this summer or actually spring I had to read the riot act to a couple of kids who ran a street sign in a small motorized vehicle and would occasionally run out into a busier street without even pausing at the stop sign. The only downside I can see is when someone is parked on the curb too near the intersection and you have to wait to take a turn or otherwise have the car coming from the other direction make their turn.  This is a small price to pay for safety. Patience, people, patience. Now if I can just keep the vandals from swiping the formerly attached street signs from atop the stop signs, everything would be hunky dory in my suburban paradise. How about that wind storm the other day? Took out some trees and blew lots of limbs down. I would t...

In what could be considered a trial run for future local crisis news model, Sheriff Scott Berry of the Oconee County Sheriff's Department Wednesday posted updates in comments section from an article on the only mainstream breaking news site of the Athens Banner-Herald newspaper. Berry bettered described exactly where the crash was initially and gave an official update on what exactly this truck was carrying and to let people know that it is toxic to inhale. "The chemical is a caustic, concentrated additive to the detergent process. It is an inhalation hazard. Cleanup crews are standing by, but it will take some specialized equipment to transfer the caustic chemical from the wrecked tanker to an operational one. It will be late tonite when the cleanup is complete." This main artery Hog Mountain Road cut off of the routes of both public high schools and at least some traffic for three other private high schools