Arnoldsville News

A former fire chief from Arnoldsville is behind bars accused of stealing thousands of dollars from his department.

Former Arnoldsville Fire Chief Joe Siegert faces felony theft charges for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 in grants awarded to the Arnoldsville Volunteer Fire Department last year to buy firefighting ...

Former Arnoldsville fire chief Joe Siegart was arrested Monday on three felony charges of theft by conversion for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 in grant money awarded to the Arnoldsville Volunteer Fire ...

A Winterville woman was killed Sunday in Oglethorpe County when her vehicle ran off Arnoldsville Road and overturned, said troopers with the state patrol's Washington post.

Oglethorpe County Sheriff Mike Smith has asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to look into whether $39,000 was misappropriated from the Arnoldsville Volunteer Fire Department.

A woman who argued with her boyfriend Wednesday morning at her home on Huntington Road recruited a group of four men to beat him up, Athens-Clarke police said.

Story updated at 11:48 PM on Monday, June 9, 2008 potential buyer was viewing a house for sale.

An Oglethorpe County grand jury on Thursday indicted a man and his nephew on charges they are responsible for the two-year-old murder of a couple.

Story updated at 12:14 AM on Friday, May 30, 2008 An east Athens man and his nephew were arrested Thursday and charged with robbing and murdering an Arnoldsville man and his girlfriend in an Oglethorpe County ...

Athens-area post offices, like mail centers around the country, sold thousands and thousands of the 3Forever Stamp2 this week as U.S. Postal Service customers try to save a few pennies before postage rates rise ... via Athens Banner-Herald

Gene Kenimer Huff stands beside a tall tomato plant in June 2007 that still was growing at the time in back of his home near Arnoldsville in Oglethorpe County. via Athens Banner-Herald

“And that's going to change this year.”

Though the Arnoldsville Volunteer Fire Department is homeless and constantly battling the state tax collector, Chief Joe Siegert is optimistic about his team's future. via Athens Banner-Herald

Story updated at 7:31 PM on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 The Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents : Arrest: On March 14, deputy Victor Green was on patrol when he saw a 1995 BMW weave on ... via Athens Banner-Herald

“Hopefully, this will create an atmosphere where people will work together”

A bill giving the cities of Arnoldsville and Maxeys representation on the Oglethorpe County Water Authority easily passed the House on Thursday. via Athens Banner-Herald

Story updated at 11:02 PM on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Athens-Clarke police officers arrested an Arnoldsville man Monday morning after he allegedly stole from vehicles in the parking lot of Wal-Mart, 4375 ... via Athens Banner-Herald

“If you have an active water authority, it manages to put you in a better position”

Story updated at 11:09 PM on Sunday, January 13, 2008 Oglethorpe County commissioners tonight could move to revamp the county's inactive water authority with a vote in Lexington. via Athens Banner-Herald

“It's not been a knee-jerk-reaction type bill.”

A debate over whether workers can keep guns in their cars on the job brought the president of the National Rifle Association to Georgia for a news conference where he was heckled by one of his own members. via Jacksonville.com

Story updated at 1:35 AM on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 The Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Fraud: On Dec. via Athens Banner-Herald

“But something like it in the future could jeopardize (efforts to put out a fire).”

Story updated at 10:59 PM on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 A longstanding dispute between a town government and its volunteer fire department heated up Saturday when - according to a firefighter - an Arnoldsville ... via Athens Banner-Herald