Oglethorpe County News

The Oglethorpe County Library will host an adult book discussion group at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to talk about "1,000 White Women" by Jim Fergus.

"Ramona Quimby " presented by Rose of Athens Theatre: School shows at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. today through Friday and public shows at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Seney-Stovall Chapel, 201 N. Milledge Ave.; Ramona Quimby is always aggravating her older sister, Beezus, and constantly getting into trouble.

The Oglethorpe County Cooperative Extension Office is hosting a Beekeeping Volunteer Training Workshop geared at showing how to teach the skill from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. May 24 at the Extension Office.

The Georgia Supreme Court recently refused to consider a case involving an alleged botched 911 call that supposedly contributed to an Oglethorpe County man's death five years ago.

Hopes, dreams and job prospects filled the Grand Hall of Athens' Classic Center on Wednesday as Athens Technical College staged a pair of graduation ceremonies.

A man was sentenced to life in prison last week for the murders last year of an Athens resident and a man and woman in Bowman.

Schools in Jackson, Madison and Oconee counties posted the top scores among area school systems in the state of Georgia's new report card for public schools, while Clarke and Oglethorpe counties scored lowest.

The Oglethorpe County Library will host an adult book discussion group at 11:30 a.m. May 28 to talk about "1,000 White Women" by Jim Fergus.

It's The Month of April, Number 87 in a series. For us in northeast Georgia, it was a perfectly average April.

The Tift County 4-H Poultry Judging Team won the state contest in Oglethorpe, County April 23.