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COLBERT — About five miles from this Madison County community, there is a residential enclave known as Hawk’s Landing, which is in Oglethorpe County — a place where you find homesteads of eight to 10 acres or more. There is a lake in one section of the development, which also has a creek that swells during the rainy season. Usually, Hawk’s Creek meanders with ripple effect at certain points and with unchained melody at others, eventually gathering lazy momentum as it passes under a covered bridge. There are big spreads and modest ones. The late country music artist Kenny Rogers own...

Athens Banner-Herald The bald eagle that died recently at a University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine clinic actually died of lead poisoning and was not shot, a spokesman for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced Friday. “They told us the preliminary x-ray showed pellets inside the bird and we had the assumption it was shot. After they examined it further, it had ingested lead pellets probably from another animal that had been shot,” Public Affairs Officer Mark McKinnon said. “It died from lead poisoning due to the ingestion of those lead pellets. That’s som...

Athens Banner-Herald The death of a bald eagle that was shot in Oglethorpe County in late January has triggered an outpouring of sadness and even anger over what a game warden called a “malicious” crime. “My phone has been flooded by people and hunters saying why would someone shoot a bald eagle,” state Department of Natural Resources Ranger Phillip Nelson said. “In my 40-something years of life, I’ve never heard of someone trying to shoot a bald eagle.” The death has also affected a man who spends his time studying raptors, and who rushed the wounded bird for medical attention...

Authorities investigating after bald eagle shot and killed Bald eagle shot and killed State officials are trying to find the person who shot and killed a bald eagle in Oglethorpe County. OGLETHORPE COUNTY, Ga. - The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is investigating after a bald eagle was shot and killed. The bird was found injured in Oglethorpe County but later died after being taken to the University of Georgia for help. Ben Hill, a licensed falconer, said he received a call saying a homeowner found an injured bald eagle on their property. "This hit me hard. This is an eagle. We are b...

MAXEYS, Ga. (AP) — A former mayor of a Georgia town has died while fighting a fire that destroyed his wife's business in a historic building. Maxeys Mayor Warren Gilson tells The Athens Banner-Herald that William “Bill” Winkle died Saturday. He lived with his wife, Rachel Winkle, in the rear of Maxeys Country Store, said Gilson. The store sold antiques and collectibles. When the fire started sometime after 9 a.m. Saturday, Bill Winkle tried to...