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A student talks to someone from WorkSource Atlanta at the Career and Connections Fair at the OCHS gym on Tuesday. Students are allowed to visit a variety of job booths that showcase possible future employment opportunities. (Photo/Ronnie Boggs)

A student talks to someone from WorkSource Atlanta at the Career and Connections Fair at the OCHS gym on Tuesday. Students are allowed to visit a variety of job booths that showcase possible future employment opportunities. (Photo/Ronnie Boggs)

Career fair brings jobs to focus

Emilie Sullivan
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Oglethorpe County is growing, which means the need for workers and jobs is growing, too. Businesses and other organizations had the opportunity to meet with students and others at a Career and Connections Fair on Tuesday, an event sponsored by the Oglethorpe County Chamber of Commerce.
Judge Tyler Arnold talks to Scarlett Harris about her breeding doe during the Oglethorpe Area Winter Livestock Show on Saturday. The event included a contest between six local "celebrities." (Photo/Sara Micale)

Judge Tyler Arnold talks to Scarlett Harris about her breeding doe during the Oglethorpe Area Winter Livestock Show on Saturday. The event included a contest between six local "celebrities." (Photo/Sara Micale)

Brubaker, students winners of livestock show

Sara Micale
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Oglethorpe County youth weren’t the only ones competing in the Oglethorpe Area Winter Livestock Show on Saturday — six Oglethorpe County celebrities also competed for the title of Champion Celebrity Showman.
Jimmyka Gresham (front row, from left), Damarcuse Harper, Gloria Hgay, Jeffrey Molina and Zachary Wilson, eighth-graders at Oglethorpe County Middle School, are the newest class of REACH scholars. They must abide by the contract to receive a $10,000 scholarship when they graduate high school. Behind them are principals of Oglethorpe Schools: Katie Baldwin (from left), primary and elementary schools; Mack Baldwin, middle school; Bill Sampson, high school. (Caleb Baldwin/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Jimmyka Gresham (front row, from left), Damarcuse Harper, Gloria Hgay, Jeffrey Molina and Zachary Wilson, eighth-graders at Oglethorpe County Middle School, are the newest class of REACH scholars. They must abide by the contract to receive a $10,000 scholarship when they graduate high school. Behind them are principals of Oglethorpe Schools: Katie Baldwin (from left), primary and elementary schools; Mack Baldwin, middle school; Bill Sampson, high school. (Caleb Baldwin/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Class of 2028 REACH scholars sign contract

Caleb Baldwin
Thursday, November 16, 2023
The lives of five Oglethorpe County Middle School students were changed on Friday morning when they signed the REACH Georgia Scholarship Program contract, which will alter their next four years.
Bryan Park is filled with families and others who took part in Community Day on Saturday. (Photo/Jack Casey)

Bryan Park is filled with families and others who took part in Community Day on Saturday. (Photo/Jack Casey)

Numbers up as folks participate in Community Day

Kate Hoffman
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Laughter and the sounds of kids playing could be heard above the live praise music being performed in the center of Bryan Park on Saturday as Oglethorpe County residents kicked off the start of a new school year with the annual Community Day Festival.

High school to appeal region realignment

News Staff
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Oglethorpe County High School will appeal its realignment to Region 8-AA.   Athletic director Kris Patel said the appeal to the Georgia High School Association will be heard on Thursday, Nov. 18.
The new staff of The Oglethorpe Echo, along with Managing Editor Andy Johnston and Chairman Dink NeSmith, mark the beginning of reporting for Oglethorpe County. (Submitted Photo/Sarah Freeman)

The new staff of The Oglethorpe Echo, along with Managing Editor Andy Johnston and Chairman Dink NeSmith, mark the beginning of reporting for Oglethorpe County. (Submitted Photo/Sarah Freeman)

UGA students begin reporting for the Echo

Andy Johnston
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Welcome to a new era at The Oglethorpe Echo.   Looking at this front page, you might have noticed strange new names and a different look to your community newspaper.   Please don’t be alarmed.