On March 10, the Bishop Town Council voted on several initiatives aimed at increasing government transparency and public engagement. A key point of discussion was council member Mindy Porterfield’s ...

Visitors to Bishop can expect a colorful welcome thanks to local artist Marisa Leilani. The town recently commissioned Marisa to refurbish a roadside mural. A native of Athens, Leilani has been a full ...

BREAKING: According to Oconee County Sheriff James Hale, earlier this evening, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office conducted a ...

Every second Tuesday of each month, the Cotton Patch Quilters meet at Lyndon House Arts Center in Athens to assure the ...

It was a highlight of her day for Oconee County High School Cafeteria Manager Tammy Luther to make small talk with ...

Presented with a batch of 1925 pennies, Wallace Reed shook the hand of antique collector Bill McGraw and welcomed the gift with a warm grin, reflecting on what these pennies could buy when they were ...

Patricia Sibley, a North High Shoals resident and communications committee member, is planning a workday at the town park after the park equipment installation is completed later this spring. “It’ll ...

One year ago, the North Oconee High School boys basketball team won the first state championship in program history, defeating Holy Innocents’ 65-60. On Thursday night, the Titans repeated as 4A state ...

In an agonizing, three overtime marathon of a game, the North Oconee High School girls basketball team fell to Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School 80-79 on Saturday night in the Final Four of the 4A ...

Last Friday, the North Oconee High School and Oconee County High School girls soccer teams faced off at NOHS in the Hog Mountain Derby. After a hard fought 80 minutes of soccer, the score was still ...