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Advanced Placement courses give high school students the chance to take college-level classes, earn potential credit through exams and strengthen college applications.

Advanced Placement courses give high school students the chance to take college-level classes, earn potential credit through exams and strengthen college applications.

OCHS works to boost AP course offerings

Ella Jones
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Advanced Placement classes are a key part of the college application season. The topic has also surfaced in recent community listening sessions, where parents and students said they would like to see more AP options at the high school.
Lucas (from left), Stetson and Brooke Holcombe stand with their two catahoula leopard dogs, Delta Dawn (left) and Boone (right), at the UGA Intramural Fields last month. The Holcombes, who live in Winterville, have started a hunting business around their dogs. (Photo/Jesse Wood)

Lucas (from left), Stetson and Brooke Holcombe stand with their two catahoula leopard dogs, Delta Dawn (left) and Boone (right), at the UGA Intramural Fields last month. The Holcombes, who live in Winterville, have started a hunting business around their dogs. (Photo/Jesse Wood)

Boone the one-of-a-kind dog: Family’s best friend provides legacy of hunting, love and entrepreneurship

Jesse Wood
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Deer blood in dog kibble is part of the process of turning a puppy into a tracking dog, but Boone, a catahoula leopard dog, didn’t need it. When Boone joined Brooke Holcombe’s life in 2019, he was meant to be a companion, at most a guard dog.
Rebecca Wood's yard, located outside of Lexington, Georgia, was destroyed by feral hogs. (Photo/Jesse Wood)

Rebecca Wood's yard, located outside of Lexington, Georgia, was destroyed by feral hogs. (Photo/Jesse Wood)

Feral hogs impact county yards, land

Jesse Wood
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Rebecca Wood trudged through her yard late last month to inspect her uprooted grass. She pointed to her beloved flower bed, home to tall, blooming perennials and annuals, and let out an aggravated sigh.“It’s just like a rototiller went through there,” Wood said. “I’m super pissed off about that.
The Oglethorpe County High School varsity boys basketball team is 1-12 overall and 1-5 in their region. Head Coach Carlos Strong says this year is a "building year" as he is focusing on the culture of the team. The team is huddled after practice on Wednesday, Jan. 15 to debrief their practice. (Photo/ Avery Cameron)

The Oglethorpe County High School varsity boys basketball team is 1-12 overall and 1-5 in their region. Head Coach Carlos Strong says this year is a "building year" as he is focusing on the culture of the team. The team is huddled after practice on Wednesday, Jan. 15 to debrief their practice. (Photo/ Avery Cameron)

OCHS boys basketball focuses on culture

Avery Cameron
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
While the Oglethorpe County boys basketball team record isn’t what he hoped, sitting at 1-12 overall and 1-5 in Region 8-A Division I, coach Carlos Strong has faith in his team.  He said he believes they can finish well and build a new culture.
Ora Nation stands on the steel framework of a building while working for Rain- water Construction in 1959. Nation has worked at the company for 67 years, holding various roles from steel erector to building consultant over the course of his career. (Submitted Photo)

Ora Nation stands on the steel framework of a building while working for Rain- water Construction in 1959. Nation has worked at the company for 67 years, holding various roles from steel erector to building consultant over the course of his career. (Submitted Photo)

Man of steel: Nation celebrates 67 years with same company

Margaux Binder
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Ora Nation left Oglethorpe County at age 18 to find a job in Atlanta and “strike it rich.”    There, he began his first job at Rainwater Construction as a steel erector, assembling the framework of steel buildings. Nation was excited to receive a wage of 75 cents an hour, a fair rate in 1957.
[Photo by Micahya Costen] Montana Barner (from left), her sister Carolyn Barner and Tina White volunteered at the Great Spring Sport Equipment Swap last Saturday. White said she plans to hold other swaps in various sports seasons.

[Photo by Micahya Costen] Montana Barner (from left), her sister Carolyn Barner and Tina White volunteered at the Great Spring Sport Equipment Swap last Saturday. White said she plans to hold other swaps in various sports seasons.

Sports gear swap helps parents save

Micahya Costen
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Children outgrow things quickly, from clothes to sports equipment.    Tina White knows this, so she created an event called The Great Spring Sport Equipment Swap, which was held at the Oglethorpe County Recreation Department last Saturday.
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.
Volunteers at Lexington Baptist Church sort food into boxes for families visiting the mobile food pantry. The boxes of food are dispersed drive-through style every second Monday of the month. (Submitted Photo)

Volunteers at Lexington Baptist Church sort food into boxes for families visiting the mobile food pantry. The boxes of food are dispersed drive-through style every second Monday of the month. (Submitted Photo)

Church meets needs with food pantry

Lily Baldwin
Friday, October 28, 2022
Every second Monday of the month, 20-40 volunteers greet families who line the block in their cars around Lexington Baptist Church. In just one day, the group will disperse around 150 boxes to provide more than 500 people with necessary food supplies.