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Police are looking for a man they believe is responsible for a series of peeping Tom reports in the Sussex Drive neighborhood off Epps Bridge Road.

Oconee planning commission OKs rezone for commercial project on U.S. 441 The Oconee County Planning Commission approved a rezoning request Monday night for a parcel of land on U.S. Highway 441 north of Watkinsville planned as a multi-use commercial development. The rezoning passed with some stipulations for the 23-acre tract owned by Dave Mulkey of Watkinsville, who plans to develop the project called Oconee Mercantile. The property was sold to him by Oconee State Bank, which is moving its oper...

Athens teen killed in crash on perimeter caused by wrong-way driver Athens Banner-Herald A 13-year-old Athens teen was killed Sunday night in a wreck on the Athens Perimeter caused by a wrong-way driver, authorities said. Authorities identified the youth as Kayla Smith, a student at Hilsman Middle School in Athens. The wreck occurred shortly before 11 p.m. on the loop near Mitchell Bridge Road, according to the Georgia State Patrol. Prior to the wreck, Athens-Clarke police broadcast a warning ...