Oconee County, GA Politics

Helwig resigns from Keep Oconee County Beautiful

Documents seized in raid at Steel Horsemen Motorcycle clubhouse in Oconee County

Athens Unitarian church celebrates Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage

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Biker gang raid

Athens-area schools fill voids left by veteran coaches

Road work at Whitehall, Milledge to be completed early, sales tax group learns

Someone is getting popped by the Oconee County Sheriff's Office in Bishop Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Subject: Advisory Message: Road Closure!! HWY 441 at Bishop City Limits is currently closed in both directions due to Law Enforcement Activities. Expect Delays. From: oconee-county-georgia-sheriffs-office@emails.nixle.com To: danmatt@hotmail.com Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 23:12:45 +0000 --> Message sent via Nixle | Go to nixle.com | Unsubscribe Tuesday June 30, 2015, 7:11 PM Oconee County ...

The work is completed on the long national nightmare which is known as the Simonton Bridge Whitehall Hill shaving. But just as I was taking it today at the height of the worst summer squash all I've seen in quite some time, I saw a small down tree. Lucky for me the car that was in front of me stopped right on top of the tree or next to it and I was able to veer around them, especially after a car passed the other way

'Gone With the Wind': The real Southern heritage

Happy birthday America  but please be safe out there  Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Subject: Advisory Message: July 4th Traffic Plan From: oconee-county-georgia-sheriffs-office@emails.nixle.com To: danmatt@hotmail.com Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 14:20:03 +0000 Message sent via Nixle | Go to nixle.com | Unsubscribe Tuesday June 30, 2015, 10:19 AM ...

Watkinsville native graduates from military academy

The Jamie Hood Trial Is Completely Bonkers

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To better understand the experiences of our veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq,  the Oconee Democrats'  community book group is reading  Phil Klay's "Redeployment: Stories" in July. While the book is fiction and relatively new, it's already being called a classic and one of the best books ever written about war.  The author, a U.S. Marine, served in Iraq's Anbar Province for more than a year. The book has received stellar reviews — and lots of awards, including the National Book Award for Fiction. Here's the citation accompanying Klay's National Book Award: In these thematically linked stories, Phil Klay creates a kaleidoscopic vision of conflict and homecoming. With a strikingly original set of voices, Klay inhabits the hearts of grunts, mortuary workers, chaplains, psy-ops officers, and civilian bureaucrats muddling through doomed reconstruction projects. If all wars ultimately find their own Homer, thi...

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Consultant To Give Progress Report O... : Sludge Removal At LAS Bob Sheldon, the consultant who is spearheading cleanup operations for the county’s two troubled sewage treatment fa...

Subject: Statement: GA Senate Dems Respond to SCOTUS Action on Gay Marriage RELEASE June 26, 2015 For Immediate Release Contact: Liz Flowers Senate Democratic Caucus 404-291-4755 flowersliz123@gmail.com GA Senate Dems: Lift of Gay Marriage Ban  Landmark for Human Rights Atlanta, Georgia - June 26, 2015 -  Georgia's Senate Democratic Caucus through Leader Steve Henson, D-Tucker, issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Court's ruling today on Obergefell v Hodges: "The high court's decision today in Obergefell v Hodges is a landmark for civil and human rights. For far too long same-sex couples were denied a basic liberty afforded to some, but not all. For too long, same-sex couples were living as a second-class citizens with separate and unequal right...

From: Liz Flowers Date:06/25/2015 11:51 AM (GMT-05:00) To: danmatt@hotmail.com Subject: Statement: GA Senate Dems Respond to SCOTUS Action on ACA. RELEASE June 25, 2015 For Immediate Release Contact: Liz Flowers Senate Democratic Caucus 404-291-4755 flowersliz123@gmail.com GA Senate Dems: Affordable Care Act is Now Settled Law Atlanta, Georgia - June 25, 2015 -  Georgia Senate Democrats issued the following statement after today's US Supreme Court ruling on King v Burwell: "Today's US Supreme Court ruling regarding the federal subsidies of the Affordable Care Act is now settled law. "More than 400,000 Georgians will retain their health care coverage. Our attention now must turn to more than 600,000 Georgians who are not covered under a health care policy by expanding ...

Charleston victims remembered at First AME prayer service

Watkinsville commits to more public art in city - Oconee Enterprise: News