Oglethorpe County News

At first, Josh McCannon's mom thought he had to be exaggerating. "I asked him to calm down," says Megan McCannon.

In the 1995 movie "Apollo 13," Ed Harris, playing NASA flight director Gene Kranz, utters the following line after an explosion aboard the moon-bound spacecraft: "Let's work the problem, people.

A Superior Court judge has denied separate trials for two men accused of murdering an Athens man and his female companion three years ago in Lexington County, two days after the man got $50,000 for selling some property.

Former Oglethorpe County Sheriff William "Ray" Sanders and his son-in-law face assault charges for allegedly beating another man with a baseball bat last month at Sanders' daughter's home in Comer.

A 15-year-old bicyclist who was taken by helicopter to an Atlanta hospital after being hit Wednesday evening by a car on Smokey Road in Crawford was back at home Thursday, according to James Mathews, Oglethorpe County EMS director.

Sunday: 14 June 2009 By the time it was light yesterday morning the turtle was long gone.

A complaint prompted Oglethorpe County commissioners to review the local noise ordinance, but the culprit wasn't a thumping car stereo.

Known throughout Northeast Georgia as "Mr. Keith the Magic Man," Watkinsville resident Keith Karnok can be seen all over the region this summer as part of the Georgia Public Library Summer Reading Program.

Tuesday: 2 June 2009 The Month of May [General] - Wayne - wayne@sparkleberrysprings.com @ 07:25:36 First off: Starting in June, I've taken over from the first CoCoRaHS Oglethorpe County coordinator.

A fund designed to help poor school districts provide an education comparable to what's available in wealthier systems was slashed $112 million this year by Georgia lawmakers looking for ways to balance an unsteady state budget.

Oglethorpe County officials in an effort to protect roads from heavy trucks have proposed an ordinance aimed at short-cutting tractor trailers.

Clarke Central High School senior Paris Allen missed the chance to graduate with his peers by a few points on a Georgia High School Graduation Test, but he still may get a chance to walk across a stage and celebrate his other accomplishments.

An Oglethorpe County jailer faces a sexual assault charge for allegedly having sex with an inmate.

A short drive down U.S. Highway 78 into rural Oglethorpe County, through forested countryside and past kudzu fields and cow pastures sits a stately old house that has found new life as an artistic haven.

Cedar Shoals High School graduates from left DeDe Lattimore, Mindarius Roebuck, and TaBrian Resby joke around while waiting for their Commencement Ceremony to begin Friday night at Stegeman Coliseum.

Tuesday: 19 May 2009 Silvery Checkerspot? [General] - Wayne - wayne@sparkleberrysprings.com @ 08:27:21 The temperatures did get down into the forties last night - 44 degF was our low out here, not low enough to do any damage.

Are 'robocalls' about to expire? Oglethorpe County 911 Director Sue Wall doesn't need to renew her car warranty.

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Oglethorpe County Commissioners are pushing forward a new law that would ban tractor-trailer trucks from some roads.

A scheduled trial won't go forward next week for two men accused in a gruesome double murder in Oglethorpe County nearly three years ago.