The drowning deaths of a man and his fiancée while boating on Lake Oconee have been ruled accidental. Gary Jones and his fiancée Joycelyn Wilson vanished on the lake in February, and for months we’ve ...

The couple, who were engaged to be married, disappeared on Feb. 8 while on Lake Oconee to celebrate Jones’ 50th birthday. All ...

The cause of death for engaged couple Joycelyn Nicole Wilson and Gary Jones, who were found dead in a Georgia lake, has been ...

Cause of death for couple Gary Jones and Joycelyn Wilson after Lake Oconee disappearance confirmed as accidental drowning.

LAKE OCONEE — Each day for the past month, save for a couple of Sundays and a handful of weekdays, Putnam County Sheriff’s Deputy J.D. Turk has climbed aboard a 19-foot Sailfish patrol boat ...

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will offer free boat inspections at select rivers and waterways around the ...

The Lake Oconee search for a missing Atlanta private school coach will enter its seventh day Friday, as officials return to the central Georgia waters where an empty vessel was recovered last weekend.

PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. — The search for Gary Jones, who vanished while boating on Lake Oconee, entered another week as authorities continue investigating the circumstances surrounding his ...

LAKE OCONEE, Ga. — The search for missing teacher Gary Jones in Lake Oconee is continuing. Saturday marks three weeks since Jones and his fiancée, Joycelyn Wilson, went boating on Lake Oconee ...

Sheriff: Lake Oconee death investigation not a simple drowning; life jackets found in boat Spelman College professor Joycelyn Wilson and her fiancé, Westminster Schools coach Gary Jones, vanished ...

Lake Oconee is the second-largest lake in Georgia, stretching 20 miles long with a maximum width of less than a mile. It boasts 374 miles of shoreline and a surface area of over 19,970 acres.

The body of an Atlanta teacher and coach who vanished last month while boating on Georgia's Lake Oconee has been recovered from waters not far from where his fiancée was found dead shortly after ...