Bishop News

The diplomas were received, the tassels turned and the red caps flung high May 18 at the Classic Center in Athens as Madison County's Class of 2012 said "goodbye" to high school.

Mr. and Mrs. Carey D. Pollett, of Bishop, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Rachel Pollett, of Athens, to Philip Aldridge Goodwin, of Athens, son of Mr.

ARREST On May 21, around 11:00am, officers on patrol were in the bottom parking lot of Rocksprings Homes off Paris St.

An Oconee County man told officers he was badly beaten late as he fought off a pair of would-be robbers in East Athens Monday night, Athens-Clarke police said.

Company, state and local leaders broke ground last week on the 68-acre tract of Oconee County land that will become the Epps Bridge Centre.

A 22-year-old Watkinsville man was arrested Friday for aggravated battery on a 73-year-old Bishop woman.

Developer Frank Bishop, owner of The Bishop Company, will stand with other local leaders Tuesday to move the first shovelful of earth, signifying the start of construction on the 68-acre tract that will become home to Epps Bridge Centre.

Atlanta-based Bishop Company will officially break ground for the Epps Bridge Centre shopping mall on the Oconee Connector/Jennings Mill Parkway extension Tuesday, according to a news release.

Jane Kidd shared this beautiful image of a Tuscan garden in Athens Patch Pics and Clips.A Thanks, Jane! "An Evening in a Tuscan Garden," held on April 27 in Bishop in Oconee County, included a cocktail hour, buffet dinner and silent auction -- all to raise money for the Athens Symphony.

An alfalfa field day will be held May 16 at the Albert Hale farm near Bishop, GA, hosted by University of Georgia Extension and USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Deputies arrested a Greene County man today, moments before he almost broke into a Bishop home where a woman protecting her three children was waiting on him with a pistol, according to the Oconee County Sheriff's Office.