Crawford News

Almost a dozen dropouts accepted Philip Lanoue's challenge to come back to school after the Clarke County School District's new superintendent sent out personalized letters urging them not to give up on their education.

Crawford officials thought their small Oglethorpe County city was about to boom a few years ago, so much so that it needed a new sewer system to handle the growth.

Phillip Todd resigned Tuesday as principal of Oglethorpe County High School, ending a tumultuous year marred by allegations of spending irregularities and a charge that he failed to discipline a student who brought a box-cutter to school.

Chris Crawford, left, communications director for U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, John Bolton, former acting ambassador to the United Nations, and Kingston.

Wednesday: 18 November 2009 Saturday in Oglethorpe County [General] - Wayne - wayne@sparkleberrysprings.com @ 08:41:07 Occasionally WFD is asked to participate in Oglethorpe County community events, and so on Saturday Glenn and I will run down to the station, pick up the tanker, and drive a few miles northeast into Crawford.

Every Sunday since her "once-in-a-lifetime trip," Lisa Kennedy pictures the slow descent and steady rise of flags once draped over veterans' coffins.

Susanne DeGrasse, branch manager for the Madison County Library, has announced that an Athens Technical College employee who wishes to remain anonymous has pledged to give $500 to the Friends of the Library if matching funds can be raised.

The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences inducted Johnny Crawford into the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Athens Sept.

An Oglethorpe County Elementary School parent has complained after his daughter came home from school with a Bible, but school officials say they don't discriminate and let students decide whether to accept free reading material.

A tractor-trailer truck bumped a pickup and sent it into an oncoming car, triggering a collision that killed three Rayle men Thursday morning between Crawford and Lexington in Oglethorpe County.

Three Rayle men died Thursday morning after the pickup they were in collided with a tractor-trailer truck and a car between Crawford and Lexington in Oglethorpe County.

U.S. Highway 78 was closed for 10 hours today after three people in a pickup were killed shortly before dawn.

The Oglethorpe County Chamber of Commerce will host the first in a new series of business roundtables open to the public tonight at 7. The roundtable, at the Depot in Crawford, will touch on insurance and workers' compensation, overcoming false claims, reducing premiums, and an employer's legal requirements and rights.

Georgia residents who lost food that was purchased with food stamps in flooding last month can get replacement provisions.

Beggs, Crawford join honored agricultural leaders. Wallace Beggs and Johnny Crawford, two pioneers in Georgia agriculture, were inducted into the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Athens Sept.

Five counties have been added to the list of nine counties now eligible to receive Public Assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a result of severe weather and flooding during the period of September 18-26 in Georgia.

Raymond Akridge, interim superintendent of the Oglethorpe County School System, will address the Oglethorpe County Chamber of Commerce at its quarterly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Depot in Crawford.

Governor Sonny Perdue issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in 17 counties affected by heavy rain and severe weather that passed through Georgia.

The Georgia Nature Center has nearly healed from a tornado that tore through it this year, but signs of the storm's destruction still remain.

The rail depot that spurred the growth of a town soon will get a facelift and return it to its original design.