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An Oglethorpe County deputy and others check out the transformer that was pulled down by a tractor-trailer truck behind the Subway on Highway 78. The incident knocked out power to Crawford, Lexington and homes and businesses along 78 for about two hours on Monday afternoon. (Photo/Trisha Bearden)

An Oglethorpe County deputy and others check out the transformer that was pulled down by a tractor-trailer truck behind the Subway on Highway 78. The incident knocked out power to Crawford, Lexington and homes and businesses along 78 for about two hours on Monday afternoon. (Photo/Trisha Bearden)

Accident cuts power along 78

Alex Perri
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Georgia Power and local emergency services responded to an incident involving a tractor-trailer on Monday afternoon that led to a power outage that affected 1,140 Oglethorpe County residents, the cities of Lexington and Crawford, and businesses along Highway 78.

OCHS parapro charged after bus collision

Leighton Dancy
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
A Carlton man struck a school bus in the Oglethorpe County High School parking lot and fled the scene on the morning of March 19, according to the Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office. No students were injured, and the bus did not sustain any damage.
Mobile cranes and tow trucks were called in to remove the tractor-trailer that overturned and blocked Saxon Mattox Road on Monday morning. Another truck blocked Lexington-Carlton Road later that day.

Mobile cranes and tow trucks were called in to remove the tractor-trailer that overturned and blocked Saxon Mattox Road on Monday morning. Another truck blocked Lexington-Carlton Road later that day.

Truck accidents plague county

News Staff
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Tractor-trailers and their drivers are having a tough time in Oglethorpe County. Two 18-wheelers overturned on Monday — one of them on Saxon Mattox Road — and a third overturned at the same spot on Tuesday night.
Law enforcement officers surround Taran Allen, who was taken to a local hospital after a high-speed chase ended with him crashing in a Lexington yard. (Photo/Tom Thon)

Law enforcement officers surround Taran Allen, who was taken to a local hospital after a high-speed chase ended with him crashing in a Lexington yard. (Photo/Tom Thon)

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High-speed chase ends in Oglethorpe County

Caitlin Farmer
Thursday, August 11, 2022
A high-speed chase through two counties ended when a car driven by an Elbert County resident flipped several times and crashed in a front yard in Lexington on Aug. 3.
Cherokee Corner is marked by signs showing the direction of the curve. (Photo/Sarah White)

Cherokee Corner is marked by signs showing the direction of the curve. (Photo/Sarah White)

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Wrecks always issue at Cherokee Corner

Julianna Duennes Russ
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Don't have time to read? Listen here instead.   Mary Nouri is used to hearing about traffic accidents along Cherokee Corner.    She grew up in a house near the infamous curve on U.S. Highway 78, just inside Oglethorpe County’s boundary with Athens-Clarke County.
(Submitted Photo)

(Submitted Photo)

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Two county residents killed in accidents

News Staff
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Two Oglethorpe County men were killed in separate automobile accidents on U.S. Highway 78 last week, coroner Howard Sanders confirmed. Steve Justin Griffith Sr. died in a wreck at the intersection of 78 and Arnoldsville Road on Nov.