Bogart News

The state's chief academic official has filed for bankruptcy in the latest sign of the widening impact of the financial and housing crisis roiling the nation's economy.

Authorities have arrested more than half of the Oglethorpe County Recreation Department staff, including its director, for allegedly stealing county funds and gasoline.

Investigators this morning began the painstaking task of gathering evidence from a badly decomposed body that hikers found behind a house on Atlanta Highway east of the Northeast Georgia Regional Airport.

Describing what is happening in a burgeoning bedroom community with some industry in the shadow of UGa and Athens, Georgia.

David Hayes, 52, of 306 Chesterfield Road, Bogart, died Monday, July 6, 2009. Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home, has charge of the arrangements.

A utility worker found the bodies of two brothers down a manhole in a subdivision that was under construction in Bogart.

Mark Williams has three older brothers. Each is talented and creative in their chosen folk art.

The Gainesville 9 & 10-year-old Little League All-Star team defeated the Oconee County National All-Stars 11-0 in 4 innings in the opening round of the District 10 tournament in Bogart on Friday.

A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz. -- Humphrey Bogart This is what it's like to be known as a baseball fan.

Describing what is happening in a burgeoning bedroom community with some industry in the shadow of UGA.

A man driving an all-terrain vehicle was killed Tuesday afternoon when a pickup truck crashed into him on Monroe Highway in Oconee County, according to the Athens Post of the Georgia State Patrol.

As a new pet owner and a poor college student, I'm stuck between two very difficult worlds - getting everything I think my puppy needs and staying within a meager budget.

Becky DeLozier Vaughn, two time political office candidate and chair of the Oconee County Democratic Committee, resigned her committee membership unexpectedly at the end of the monthly meeting Thursday at the Oconee Government Annex citing personal reasons.

St. Mary's Hospital and its affiliated facilities will ban tobacco as of July 1. The tobacco-free areas include: ► St.

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Traylor of Athens are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Marion Whitney Traylor, to Timothy John Wiggins, son of Dr.

The Jackson County Board of Commissioners will consider adopting an ordinance outlining the rules and regulation for Bear Creek Reservoir.

Charging more to dump trash at the Athens-Clarke Landfill does not appear to be encouraging recycling, as officials said it would when they raised the fee last year.

A much trimmer Raleigh sits recently with owners Jane and Jay Whitehead and their other dogs on the porch of their home Thursday in Bogart.

PDF : Read full copies of the search warrant applications and items seized by police in the George Zinkhan murder case ► View search warrant applications Former University of Georgia professor George Zinkhan III apparently was preparing for divorce - recording his wife's conversations to argue she was unfaithful - but instead killed her and ...

Oconee County High School's Class of 1959 is hosting this year's annual Alumni Banquet on June 27 at the Oconee County Civic Center.