The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said a suspect wanted for a deadly hit-and-run incident was arrested in Georgia on ...

On Friday, dozens of volunteers joined sheriff’s deputies and crews from the Department of Natural Resources to try and ...

ATLANTA — Rescuers searched for a second body Friday, one week after two boaters went missing on a Georgia lake that draws tourists from around the South. The body of Joycelyn Wilson, a mathematics ...

Sheriff Howard Sills is not providing details about Wilson’s death, but says it may be more than a simple drowning.

The Lake Oconee search for a missing Atlanta private school coach ramped up Friday with help from at least one cadaver dog.

Authorities plan to deploy a cadaver dog Friday as the search expands for Gary Jones, nearly a week after he and his fiancée are believed to have fallen overboard.

and staff in providing a world-class education with a small-town feel," wrote Oconee County Schools on Instagram. The county, ...

LAKE OCONEE, Ga. — Search and rescue teams are still searching for an Atlanta teacher and track-and-field coach, but found ...

“Gary Jones is a beloved Westminster faculty member, coach, and parent. On Sunday, we received word from his family that Gary ...

Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills said his office is now overseeing what he called a “death investigation” after a Spelman College professor and her boating companion went missing on Lake Oconee over ...

The county, which has a population of 42,788, was also mentioned in reports as one of the best places to live in Georgia. Niche has also released Oconee County School rankings for 2025.

Oconee County was named the No. 1 county in the ... was also mentioned in reports as one of the best places to live in Georgia. What is tort reform? Why is Gov. Brian Kemp pushing for it?