Oconee News

State fire investigators and the Oconee County Sheriff's Office are still trying to determine the cause of a fire that gutted a home on Daniells Bridge Road early Saturday.

Weather: It'll be hot today! The Weather Channel predicts a high temperature of 93 degrees and plenty of sunshine.A Lows overnight will drop into the mid 60s.

Authorities may never know why a Winder man's Dodge pickup ran off the road in Bogart and hit a tree in a wreck Monday that claimed his life, according to Oconee County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Lee Weems.

One person died this morning in single-vehicle accident on Atlanta Highway between Osceola Avenue and Dials Mill Road in Bogart, according to the Oconee County Sheriff's Office.

Oconee County Sheriff's investigators have developed some leads into last weekend's mass theft of mail delivered to homes in the Crystal Hills subdivision, but that's all that Sheriff Scott Berry could say Wednesday.

Oconee County Sheriff's investigators don't have any viable leads regarding thefts of mail this weekend from numerous mailboxes in the upscale Crystal Hills subdivision, according to Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry.

A 24-year-old Hull woman injured in a Tuesday wreck with a school bus on Georgia Highway 316 in Oconee County remained in the intensive care unit of Atlanta Medical Center on Wednesday, according to the hospital.

For 12 years, Melvin Davis has served as chairman of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners , and Wednesday he announced that he'll run for another four-year term.

A 73-year-old woman attacked in her sleep last Friday at her home in Oconee County likely will lose an eye as a result of the brutal assault that crushed the left side of her face, but she has improved enough to leave intensive care, her daughter said Monday.

A 22-year-old handyman who argued with an elderly woman Thursday over money for a job at her home was charged Friday with beating the woman with a blunt object while she was lying in bed, according to Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry.

A multi-state lookout has been posted for a man wanted for questioning in a brutal attack on a 73-year-old woman early this morning in her home near High Shoals.

If you're looking for a fun day out right here in Oconee County, Oconee Patch readers are divided about which activities they'd recommend for a fun staycation.

An Oconee County couple was arrested Tuesday at their home in Pinewood South Mobile Home Park on charges that they intended to distribute methamphetamine, Oconee County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Lee Weems said today.

A Here's how we'll pick the winner : Businesses will be ranked from first to third place based on number of poll votes, receiving 10 points for first, 8 for second and 6 for third.

Jon Williams of Williams & Associates, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, and Caldwell Zimmerman of Colliers International exchange cards at a brunch held at the Georgia Museum of Art.

Where/When: Friday, May 4 from 6- 9 p.m. in downtown Watkinsville Why Go: To ring in the month of May with an evening that features shopping, dining and a "Kid's Zone," sure to please the young ones.A There will also be free popcorn and crafts.

Weather: Mainly cloudy skies and highs in the upper 80s are in Thursday's Weather Channel forecast.