Oconee County
Reporting about Oconee County, Georgia. Some stories will be republished in The Oconee Enterprise as part of a news-academic partnership with Grady Newsource.
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Ride Along with a Patrol Officer
OCONEE COUNTY, GA - Our reporter Kendall Trammell takes you on a ride along with an Oconee County Sheriff's Office patrol officer. He may surprise you.
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Oconee County Sheriff Warns Against Credit Fraud
OCONEE COUNTY, GA - The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reports 11 incidents of fraud in just the past two weeks. Three people have reported tax fraud and one fraud investigator says he expects to see many more.
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It’s Mardi Gras in Oconee County
OCONEE COUNTY, GA - Kids made hats, masks--- and wore beads as they celebrated learning about Mardi Gras at the Oconee County Library today.
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Bishop Bypass Project Could Hurt Local Businesses
One of the short term, 4-5 year, plans of the Madison Athens-Clarke Oconee Regional Transportation Study (MACORTS) is to widen 441 in Oconee County. This section of the US route is one of the last remaining sections that is only two lanes. It goes through the tiny historic town of…
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Oconee County Raises Money for Kidney Transplant
WATKINSVILLE, GA - The Oconee County community raises money for a varsity soccer player at Oconee County High School.
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Local Representatives Ready in Case of Severe Weather
WATKINSVILLE, GA - Representatives from the surrounding counties gathered this morning to attend a severe weather workshop.
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Oconee County Baseball Star Hopes to Make Big Leagues
Oconee County’s pitcher/outfielder star player Brooks Crawford is hoping to enter the MLB draft. Crawford attended a camp when he was 12 years old with current Clemson head coach Jack Leggett. He verbally committed with coach Leggett to attend Clemson. Crawford has been scouted by major league scouts and wants to play…
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Oconee Residents Unhappy With Postponed Flyover Bridge Decision
More than 30 people attended the Oconee Board of Commisioners meeting Tuesday night.
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New Ways for Volunteers to Help Shelter Animals
The Oconee County Animal Shelter is making new ways for volunteers to help these animals get outside of their cages.
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Oconee County Board of Commissioners discuss road repairs
Watkinsville, Ga.– Chairman of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners Melvin Davis says no property tax has been proposed yet. He says he thinks road improvements should increase, but the money to do so will not come necessarily from a new property tax. If a tax were passed, it would…