Watkinsville News

Super Tuesday is only a few weeks away, and it's time for advanced voting to begin.

Lori Brown poses for a portrait inside her office in Watkinsville, Ga., on Thursday, February 9, 2012.

Employer:A Oconee County Board of Education Description: Applications are being accepted for the position of Agricultural Education Teacher at Oconee County Middle School .A The start date would be Aug.

"Enchanted April" presented by Town and Gown Players: 8 tonight and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Athens Community Theatre, Prince Ave.; written by Matthew Barber from the novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim, directed by Beth Kozinsky; the play tells the story of two housewives who turn the experience of spending a month in Italy into an enchanted time ... (more)

NOODLE FIGHT: On Feb. 1, a deputy was dispatched shortly after 4 p.m. to a home on Barnett Shoals Road, where two brothers were fighting over Ramen noodles.

The following is a news release from the Oconee County Democratic Committee: Democrats all over Georgia have begun the process of selecting delegates to the Democratic National Convention which will be held September 3-6, 2012.

There are some extra special people in a small Georgia town who are making a big impact.

Athens Academy senior Kurt Mueller has been selected as the 2011 DAR Good Citizen for the Rev.

The Camp 97 Sons of Confederate Veterans will host a "mini-ramble" at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Oconee County Library in Watkinsville.

Deputies say a cup of noodle soup was the source of a heated argument between two adult brothers on Wednesday that landed one of the men in jail on a charge of simple assault.

Georgia Climate Change Coalition Symposium: Climate Change Impacts on the Southeast - Solutions and Research Needs: 5-8:30 p.m., Ecology Auditorium, Odum School of Ecology, UGA; speakers from Athens' academic, non-profit and commercial communities will discuss the research and solutions needed to mitigate and adapt to climate change in the state; ... (more)

FRAUD: On Jan. 26, a deputy met with a Watkinsville woman who said she answered an advertisement for a personal assistant and received a job offer as a "mystery shopper." She accepted the offer and soon received a check, which she was told to cash, keep a small percentage of the money, and mail the bulk of the cash back to the sender.

Two people were checked for possible smoke inhalation following a fire Sunday night that destroyed their home near Butler's Crossing outside Watkinsville, according to Oconee County Fire Chief Bruce Thaxton.

Jan 29 A 24-year-old Bogart man charged with battery. A 20-year-old Buford man was charged with DUI.

Walton EMC will host an Energy Expo from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Oconee County Library in Watkinsville.

A 70-year-old Watkinsville man was charged Thursday in the death of a 23-month-old boy who died in a two-vehicle wreck on July 7, 2010, on the Athens Perimeter.

Richard Hamm/Staff Kristin Womack strikes a pose as she prepares for the upcoming Queen of Hearts Pageant at Apalachee High School on Wednesday, Jan.

Jess Willard King, Jr., age 69, died at home in Peachtree City on Tuesday, January 17, 2012.

Jan. 23A A 26-year-old Jefferson woman was charged with theft by shoplifting. Jan. 22 A 30-year-old Watkinsville man was charged with battery.

A 31-year-old Watkinsville woman was robbed at gunpoint Saturday in Athens while en route to take one of her son's friends to another friend's house around 9 p.m., the Athens Banner-Herald reports.