Oconee County Schools will operate on a two-hour delayed schedule on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, to provide increased daylight ...

Oconee County Schools will be closed on Monday, January 26, 2026, due to the forecasted winter storm that will impact our ...

The Bishop Town Council on Jan. 12 unanimously passed an ordinance to redraw the official map of Bishop using the town well at the pavilion as the center point of the map. The town limit is a ...

The 2025 General Election ballot has a countywide referendum, a statewide race and seats up for election in three of Oconee’s four municipalities. The referendum is a continuation of a 1% Educational ...

The Prince Avenue Christian girls basketball team fell last Friday against Hebron Christian. The Lady Wolverines dropped the game, 81-15, making them 5-10 on the season entering play this week. Hebron ...

Editor’s note: This legislative session, freelance writer Jeff Hood will be reporting from the State Capitol, focusing on Oconee’s three delegates. His next story will be published in our Feb. 5 issue ...

The Bishop Boogie Music Festival will return Saturday, Oct. 25 with a full day of live music, food trucks, vendors and family fun. Enjoy the following lineup from 11 a.m. to dusk: n Karma Kat from ...

The Regular Meetings of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. An Agenda Setting Meeting is held the Tuesday preceding the first Tuesday of each ...

Here’s the good news: you can cook at home. You can pack your lunch, pick up an extra shift, spend less than you earn, pay off debt and save. You can buy assets that appreciate or produce income ...

For the first time in program history, the North Oconee High School flag football team won a state championship on Tuesday, defeating Whitewater 31-6 to take the Division 3 title. The win marks a ...

BY LEE BECKER The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has issued a public notice that the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) intends to impact the buffer of the headwaters of ...

In May of 2023, the Board of Commissioners approved a rezone for Oconee Crossing Shopping Center with frontage on Hog Mountain Road and on U.S. 78 northeast of Stripling’s General Store. The plans ...