Arnoldsville News

Anderson, Albert Garland, 77, of Commerce; 11 a.m. at the funeral home chapel, interment in Jackson Memorial Gardens; Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, has charge of arrangements.

When Willie "Joe" Pope was hired by the Clarke County Sheriff's Office in 1971, he joined his cousin as the only other African-American deputy.

The Arnoldsville Volunteer Fire Department hasn't called Arnoldsville home for two years.

Oglethorpe County Sheriff Mike Smith couldn't help but feel vindicated last week after an Oglethorpe County Superior Court jury convicted a Lexington man of murdering Ronnie Cooper and Vickie Wolford in 2006.

A look back at the top stories of the week in the Athens Banner-Herald and OnlineAthens.com. The Week in Review Published A look back at the top stories of the week in the Athens Banner-Herald and OnlineAthens.com. ► On Monday ... Foster turns down UGA - Virginia Tech's Bud Foster confirmed that Georgia coach Mark Richt had contacted him ...

A 12-member jury convicted Randy Lamar Johnson this afternoon of murdering Ronnie Cooper and Vickie Wolford in Arnoldsville in 2006.

An Oglethorpe County jury likely will decide today the fate of Randy and Therron Johnson, the two men accused of murdering Ronnie Cooper and Vickie Wolford in Arnoldsville in 2006.

Monday: 14 December 2009 Smokey Road Parade [General] - Glenn - glenn@sparkleberrysprings.com @ 06:00:00 Saturday, 12 December 2009, was the annual parade down Smokey Road in Crawford.

Attorneys defending the men accused of killing a couple in a 2006 robbery in Arnoldsville plan to ask an Oglethorpe County judge to move the trial along, even though a prosecution witnesses is recuperating from a heart attack.

High winds accompanying a line of storms that pushed through Northeast Georgia before dawn Wednesday knocked out electricity in Southeastern Clarke County and in the Arnoldsville area of Northwestern Oglethorpe County.

A line of storms that pushed through Northeast Georgia in the predawn hours today blew off a barn roof and knocked out electricity in the Arnoldsville area of northwestern Oglethorpe County.

A former Oglethorpe County youth minister is under arrest for alleged child molestation.

Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 7:47 a.m. A former Oglethorpe County youth minister who was acquitted three years ago of charges that he molested a teenage girl was arrested last week, once again on child molestation charges.

Oglethorpe County officials are offering a reward to help catch people who are stealing street signs and, in the process, hampering rescue workers as they try to respond to emergencies.

An Athens woman reported her Land Rover stolen after she saw the vehicle listed for sale in an ad on the Craigslist online auction site Friday, according to Athens-Clarke police.

Lexington veterinarian Nicole Ferguson has grown tired of the apathetic attitude many Oglethorpe County citizens have toward roaming dogs, she said.

Oglethorpe County's Wolfskin Volunteer Fire Department is parting ways with its balky, beloved lime-green pumper truck.

Suggesting that President Obama is creating a private army to seize complete control of the government and declare himself dictator might be considered fighting words in Democratic circles.

Some of the dogs that were euthanized after the mauling deaths of an Oglethorpe County couple await their fate last week at the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter.

Some of the dogs that were euthanized after the mauling deaths of an Oglethorpe County couple await their fate last week at the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter.