oconee county
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Northeast Georgia News
Oconee Library Helps The Red Cross Send Cards To Troops
WATKINSVILLE, GA – The Oconee County Public Library is holding a drive for the Holiday Mail for Heroes campaign, which is held by the Red Cross. For those soldiers over seas who don’t get to see their families, it can mean the world. And it can be fun on our…
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High School Sports
High School Football Playoffs
Here’s a look at the upcoming high school football playoff games for Northeast Georgia. Stephenson High School (8-2) at Flowery Branch High School (7-3) Clarke Central High School (7-3) at Mays High School (7-3) North Oconee High School (7-3) at Woodward Academy (8-2) ML King High…
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Athens-Clarke County
Goodbye Graduation Test
-Athens, GA Clarke and Oconee County high school students are taking the graduation test this week but these tests will soon be ancient history. Clarke County School District says most of their students are not taking the graduation test. Instead, the county is focusing more on their students taking…
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Northeast Georgia News
Oconee County’s Veterans Day Memorial
Anthems playing… Flags flying… Veterans saluting… Friends and family arriving to give their thanks. This was the scene at the Oconee Hill Cemetery this morning.  Athens natives and coordinators of the Annual Veteran’s Day Observance, Jane Begnaud and Helen Mills, believe this event is important because there are Veterans…
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Athens-Clarke County
Local Agencies Affected by Shutdown
There was panic across the U.S. this morning as people woke up to find that the government was officially shutdown, leaving many federal employees temporarily jobless. For now there isn’t a clear end in sight to the government shutdown, and there are still questions about how this is directly affecting Northeast…
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Northeast Georgia News
Oconee Police Find No Evidence of Autistic Child Being Injured on School Bus
Last Thursday Wendy Majia filed a police report after she claimed she found blood on her son Antonio and one of his teeth missing after he returned home from school. An investigation by the Oconee County Sheriff’s office revealed what happened that school day and on the school bus. 4…
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Athens-Clarke County
Oconee Street Construction Update
By Allison Miller and Bonnie Pintur Traffic delays caused by construction on Oconee Street might be lasting longer than planned. Athens-Clarke County was hoping to finish the project by October 1st, but bad weather might be pushing that date back. According to one of the project engineers the road was…
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Oconee County
Breaking News: Missing Oconee County Boy Found
Boy disappeared from neighborhood near Wakinsville Wakinsville, Ga (GradyNewSource.com) – A 13-year-old boy missing from a neighborhood near Watkinsville has been located, Oconee County officials announce. Jordan Amos, 13, was last seen near Norton Road and Barnett Shoals Road around 7:30 p.m. By 11 p.m., the boy had been located. No…
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Athens-Clarke County
Local Thief Targets Wallets
–Athens, Ga He simply walks in, no name tag, no uniform sometimes carrying a pen and a piece of paper claiming he is with a cleaning company or pest control. The stories vary from place to place but the motive is always the same. Wallets. Various places in Athens-Clarke, Oconee…
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Northeast Georgia News
Accused Hit-and-Run Driver Arraigned
Wilson Heaton give $50,000 bond and house arrest during first court appearance Athens, GA (GradyNewSource.com) – Accused hit-and-run driver Wilson Heaton was given $50,000 bond and placed under house arrest during his first court appearance Thursday. Heaton, 22, is accused of driving drunk the night he struck Emily Bowman, 19,…