Oglethorpe Echo

James Jackson

James Jackson

Coroner needs a vehicle

Brooke Stewart
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
The county coroner’s office doesn’t have its own vehicle to transport the deceased in Oglethorpe County. For coroner James Jackson, that means borrowing transportation, which can mean higher costs for the county and more wait time for residents.
Oglethorpe County’s Hunter Hall (30) throws to Nicah Pass (7) at spring practice last week. The Patriots began drills on May 9 and will continue through the spring game at Chestatee at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 18. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Oglethorpe County’s Hunter Hall (30) throws to Nicah Pass (7) at spring practice last week. The Patriots began drills on May 9 and will continue through the spring game at Chestatee at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 18. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Football Training

News Staff
Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Patel leaving for job at Commerce

Owen Warden
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Oglethorpe County athletic director, head baseball coach and assistant softball coach Kris Patel is leaving for a job at Commerce next year.   Patel will serve as an assistant coach in softball and baseball, and teach business education.
Chris Wrenn, the administrator of Quiet Oaks Health Care, and his staff have planned a week of festivities for National Skilled Nursing Care Week. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Chris Wrenn, the administrator of Quiet Oaks Health Care, and his staff have planned a week of festivities for National Skilled Nursing Care Week. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Quiet Oaks to celebrate National Skilled Nursing Care Week

Avni Trivedi
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Quiet Oaks Health Care will celebrate National Skilled Nursing Care Week with several festivities from May 14-20.
Miss Marigold — Roma Ellenberg, a 2021 Oglethorpe County High School graduate — rides in the Marigold Festival parade last year. This year’s festival is scheduled for Pittard Park on Saturday, May 13. (JACK CASEY/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Miss Marigold — Roma Ellenberg, a 2021 Oglethorpe County High School graduate — rides in the Marigold Festival parade last year. This year’s festival is scheduled for Pittard Park on Saturday, May 13. (JACK CASEY/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Day of activities set for annual Marigold Festival

Jesse Wood
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Winterville Marigold Festival organizers always make sure the event lives up to its name.   “We start planting (the marigolds) in April,” said Mary Barrett Yancey, the Festival Board of Directors secretary.
The Digital Atlas of Historic Oglethorpe County team of Elaine Collier Neal (from left), Ashley Simpson, Greg Yoder, and Tom Gresham have been working together to map historic sites since 2020. (MADDIE DANIEL/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

The Digital Atlas of Historic Oglethorpe County team of Elaine Collier Neal (from left), Ashley Simpson, Greg Yoder, and Tom Gresham have been working together to map historic sites since 2020. (MADDIE DANIEL/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Building a map into the past

Maddie Daniel and Gray Jones
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Between bouts of rain on a recent Friday afternoon, the sun was out just long enough for Ashley Simpson, Tom Gresham and Joe Baughns to meet outside St. John AME Church in Crawford.

Dental care is available for those with autism

News Staff
Thursday, April 27, 2023
April is Autism Awareness Month, and while we celebrate progress made in understanding this complex condition, families and individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) continue to face challenges in accessing quality dental care.
RAMON ELORTONDO/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO The music of Georgia Red Clay, a band based out of Atlanta, filled the American Legion Post 123 earlier this month. It was the band’s second time playing the legion.

RAMON ELORTONDO/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO The music of Georgia Red Clay, a band based out of Atlanta, filled the American Legion Post 123 earlier this month. It was the band’s second time playing the legion.

Georgia Red Clay becoming a legion favorite

Ramon Elortondo
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Georgia Red Clay answered the demand on social media and filled James T. Rayle American Legion Post 123 with sounds of Southern rock and country music earlier this month.   The band, which is based in Atlanta, returned to Lexington for the second time on April 1.
GARRETT KICKLIGHTER/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO

GARRETT KICKLIGHTER/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO

County weighs livestock burial fee

Garrett Kicklighter
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Oglethorpe County workers have buried more large animals than usual this year.    As of March 1, the county had buried 30 cows, six horses, one pig and two goats since the beginning of the year, Public Works director Adam Nation said.   “That’s unusually high,” he said.
Kathleen deMarrais (left) and Alice H. Hughes (right) moments after Hughes received an award from Historic Oglethorpe County. (RAMON ELORTONDO/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Kathleen deMarrais (left) and Alice H. Hughes (right) moments after Hughes received an award from Historic Oglethorpe County. (RAMON ELORTONDO/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Hughes honored for efforts to preserve history

Ramon Elortondo
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Alice H. Hughes spent time serving the Georgia Historic Markers program. She contributed to three of the 10 historic markers in Oglethorpe County and has been a meticulous recorder of history and dedicated genealogist.