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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reports a 19-year-old was injured in a shooting at Lake Hartwell on Thursday.
The Oconee County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that happened at Lake Hartwell.According to deputes, they were ...
Authorities said at approximately 7:35 p.m., deputies were called out to a beach area of Lake Hartwell off of Pickens Bend ...
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 ...
Cause of death for couple Gary Jones and Joycelyn Wilson after Lake Oconee disappearance confirmed as accidental drowning.
PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. — The Putnam County sheriff shared what the autopsy results revealed for the couple who went missing on Lake Oconee in February and were later found dead. Sheriff Howard Sills said ...
The cause of death for engaged couple Joycelyn Nicole Wilson and Gary Jones, who were found dead in a Georgia lake, has been ...
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 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.
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 — 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 ...