PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. — Crews continue to search for a missing boater on Lake Oconee, saying Tuesday there are no plans to call off the search. Gary Jones, a coach at Westminster Schools in Atlanta, ...

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 and ...

LAKE OCONEE — David Wallace throttled up the 115-horsepower Mercury engine on his 21-foot fishing skiff and motored around a bend near Riley Shoals. Lake Oconee opens half a mile wide there in a ...

If making spring and summer travel plans are on your agenda, an oasis awaits you at Lake Oconee, about 85 miles east of Atlanta, amid the lush Georgia hillsides, underneath a stunning canopy of ...

Search efforts continue for missing Westminster Schools coach Gary Jones at Lake Oconee, where he vanished while boating earlier this month. Jones’ fiancée, Spelman College instructor Joselyn Wilson, ...

The Oconee County Coroner’s Office said a man drowned Saturday afternoon after falling from a boat while fishing.

A Maggie Valley man is dead after apparently falling from a boat while fishing on the Tugaloo River section of Lake Hartwell.The Oconee County Coroner's Office ...

Reynolds Lake Oconee began as a family retreat 100 years ago. But it’s no longer just the place your grandparents retired. It’s evolved in the last decade into a vibrant, upscale community built ...

Authorities say a North Carolina man was found dead in Lake Hartwell after his boat was discovered empty Saturday.

LAKE OCONEE, Ga. — The dive team search for missing teacher Gary Jones in Lake Oconee has been called off until further notice, according to Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills. While the dive teams ...