Oconee County

Investigators say Hamilton Foster was struck by a Ford F-150 heading in the same direction about 4 p.m. Friday.

The Oconee County Administrative Building was the site Monday for the first in a series of legislative hearings on the legalization of gambling in Georgia.

The Board will review and interview applicants later this month and select top candidates for additional interviews in August.

Investigators have yet to identify the body of a man found in a vehicle parked near Epps Bridge Parkway and the Athens Perimeter.

The state’s murder trial of the man accused of killing Elijah Wood while he worked at a RaceTrac store in Oconee County in 2021 has been postponed until November 10.

Debra Harden will begin work July 1, serving as interim superintendent following the upcoming departure of Jason Branch, who has held the position since 2012.

The sewer line has broken three times in the last year, spilling more than 50,000 gallons of untreated sewage into McNutt Creek.

Four elementary schools in Oconee County have been named National Blue-Ribbon Lighthouse Schools of Excellence.

The superintendent of Oconee County Schools, Jason Branch, will retire on June 30.

Oconee County Observations reports that Oconee County experienced its second sewer spill in the past two months last week.