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...

I had just picked up at Cyclone schedule magnet in Des Moines for my OCHS attending son too Oconee County grad Zeb Noland to miss first season at Iowa State after injury

Georgia higher ed chief Hank Huckaby will step down in December | Get Schooled

Oconee County now has a bookstore, Walls of Books

Bernie Sanders: I support Hillary Clinton. So should everyone who voted for me

Bernie supporter dismayed by party politics : Angela Eells has only one thing in common with a Republican: her distaste for Hillary Clinton.

Caudill drops out of race. : Two months after announcing her intention to run, Maria Caudill opted not to qualify for a special election to fill John Daniell’s vacated seat.

School starts for Oconee County students

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Commissioners Put Sunday Sales On No... : Three Qualify The Oconee County Board of Commissioners last (Tuesday) night voted unanimously to put two Sunday sales referenda on the Nov...

By all accounts, it was a total clusterf*ck this morning. Hope my son made it to OCHS on time on bus #67. Mars Hill school traffic could be snarled as Oconee school year starts Wednesday

A Georgia town is sending police to black residents’ homes to challenge their voting rights

Oconee County Observations: High Point Farm Withdrawing Request To Operate Day... : On BOC Agenda Greg Thaxton, president of High Point Farm, is asking the Oconee County Board of Commissioners to allow him to withdraw his ...

Accident with injuries Accident with injuries Ga 316 between Mars Hill Rd and Mcnutt Creek Rd. All lanes a re blocked at this time. Please find an alternate route. Address/Location Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office 1140 Experiment Station Rd Watkinsville, GA 30677

See you Saturday morning at 11:30 am? Fans get inside look at UGA basketball practice (football's next)