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Nicole Hensley has replaced Katherine Ratcliffe as the Oglethorpe County Library branch manager. She has been with the library since 2021. (Submitted Photo)

Nicole Hensley has replaced Katherine Ratcliffe as the Oglethorpe County Library branch manager. She has been with the library since 2021. (Submitted Photo)

Hensley plans to keep ‘vibes’ going at library

Jet Rawls
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Nicole Hensley hoped her name would be called as the replacement when former library branch manager Katherine Ratcliffe announced she was leaving the Crawford location for the Bogart branch.  “I had my fingers and my toes crossed,” Hensley said. Her method must have worked.
Volunteers with the CAYA House pack donation bins and refrigerator bags ahead of the nonprofit's February delivery. The organization delivers to an average of 10 families a month around Oglethorpe County. (Photo/Jennifer Xia)

Volunteers with the CAYA House pack donation bins and refrigerator bags ahead of the nonprofit's February delivery. The organization delivers to an average of 10 families a month around Oglethorpe County. (Photo/Jennifer Xia)

Come as you are: CAYA House offers tailored aid to families

Jennifer Xia
Thursday, March 13, 2025
There’s a small blue shed filled with shelves of donated goods from piles of toiletries to a freezer full of locally sourced meat behind Mt. Pleasant Community Church in Crawford.
Leslie Whitehead O'Neal, Penny Miller, and Ed Smith rehearse "Love Letters." The play will run from Feb. 20-22 at the Historic Crawford School. (Jet Rawls/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Leslie Whitehead O'Neal, Penny Miller, and Ed Smith rehearse "Love Letters." The play will run from Feb. 20-22 at the Historic Crawford School. (Jet Rawls/The Oglethorpe Echo)

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Arts!Oglethorpe kicks of 30th year with "Love Letters"

Jet Rawls
Thursday, February 20, 2025
The Historic Crawford School will host a story spanning over half a century as Arts!Oglethorpe kicks off its third decade of operation with a production of A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” Feb. 20-22.
A skunk tested positive for rabies In Oglethorpe County on Feb. 3. According to a study done by the American Veterinary Association in 2021, there were a total of 161 animals that tested positive for rabies in 2021 in the state of Georgia, and 145 of them were wildlife.

A skunk tested positive for rabies In Oglethorpe County on Feb. 3. According to a study done by the American Veterinary Association in 2021, there were a total of 161 animals that tested positive for rabies in 2021 in the state of Georgia, and 145 of them were wildlife.

Understanding rabies risks: What to know following positive rabies test in Crawford

Jesse Wood
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
A skunk tested positive for rabies in Crawford on Feb. 3, and game warden Phillip Nelson said it has everything to do with the species’ mating season. “Skunks mate normally in February, so they’re more active,” Nelson said. “They’re out more in the daylight.

Local man pardoned by Trump executive order

Leighton Dancy
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Nolan Kidd, of Crawford, is one of more than 1,500 people who have been pardoned by President Donald Trump for their actions during the riot in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.  Kidd initially faced four charges, but pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of illegally demonstrating in the Capitol.
Don Davis, a retired veteran, sits along the wall he built to help protect the graves he maintains on his property on Buddy Faust Road in Lexington. Not much is known about the people buried in the three graves next to his house. (MARY CATHERINE DODYS/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Don Davis, a retired veteran, sits along the wall he built to help protect the graves he maintains on his property on Buddy Faust Road in Lexington. Not much is known about the people buried in the three graves next to his house. (MARY CATHERINE DODYS/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Preserving their memory: Davis maintains unmarked cemetery

Mary Catherine Dodys
Friday, September 27, 2024
The traditional image of a cemetery is quite different from many in Oglethorpe County, where families often buried their loved ones on their own land, sometimes unmarked.  These family gravesites are scattered throughout the county.
Crawford Pizza employees Elizabeth Russell (left) and Caitlin Hartrum stand in front of the restaurant’s mural earlier this month. Russell, who lives in Crawford, and Hartrum, who lives in Lexington, said it helps welcome people to the county. (Margaux Binder/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Crawford Pizza employees Elizabeth Russell (left) and Caitlin Hartrum stand in front of the restaurant’s mural earlier this month. Russell, who lives in Crawford, and Hartrum, who lives in Lexington, said it helps welcome people to the county. (Margaux Binder/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Mural gains popularity: Phrase on side of Crawford Pizza welcomes visitors to city

Margaux Binder
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Every day for almost a year, a large mural has greeted those who drive through downtown Crawford.    The mural’s bold, white letters — “It’s nice to have you in Crawford Georgia” — stand out against the red brick on an exterior wall of Crawford Pizza.
Kassie Hodges, a real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty, stands in front of a model home at The Pines at Grove Creek in Crawford. This home isn’t in the 29-lot development, but homes in The Pines at Grove Creek will be built using this plan. (Margaux Binder/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Kassie Hodges, a real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty, stands in front of a model home at The Pines at Grove Creek in Crawford. This home isn’t in the 29-lot development, but homes in The Pines at Grove Creek will be built using this plan. (Margaux Binder/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Bunker Hill Road development opens to buyers

Margaux Binder
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
The Pines at Grove Creek, a 29-lot development off of Bunker Hill Road in Crawford, has homes ready for purchase.   Construction has started on the first of three stages, with 10 homes expected to be completed by early summer, said Alexander Purcell, the listing agent for the development.
Todd Smith (from left), Mark Atkins and Katie Armour welcome folks to Nature Harvest Meat Company’s grand opening celebration for its custom processing/in-store meat counter season on Feb. 10. Atkins, the owner of Second Chance BBQ, collaborated with Nature’s Harvest to cook meat for customers at the event. (Gianna Sandy/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Todd Smith (from left), Mark Atkins and Katie Armour welcome folks to Nature Harvest Meat Company’s grand opening celebration for its custom processing/in-store meat counter season on Feb. 10. Atkins, the owner of Second Chance BBQ, collaborated with Nature’s Harvest to cook meat for customers at the event. (Gianna Sandy/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Second Chance BBQ, Nature's Harvest team for grand re-opening

Sarah Myers
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
From the farm to the butcher to the barbeque, it takes a collaboration of local farmers and business owners to bring custom-processed meat to Oglethorpe County.
Kendall Strickland, owner of Strickland Pride Produce, sells vegetables at the grand opening of his store's new Crawford location on Feb 5. About 50 people attended the ribbon cutting to shop his selection of fruits, vegetables and other goods. (Margaux Binder/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Kendall Strickland, owner of Strickland Pride Produce, sells vegetables at the grand opening of his store's new Crawford location on Feb 5. About 50 people attended the ribbon cutting to shop his selection of fruits, vegetables and other goods. (Margaux Binder/The Oglethorpe Echo)

New location provides Strickland room to grow

Margaux Binder
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Pattie Wardell and her husband, Rick, were among a group of about five volunteers who helped Kendall Strickland, owner of Strickland Pride Produce, set up tables, arrange produce and manage the checkout counter during the grand opening of Strickland Pride Produce.