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4-year-old girl injured at Lake Oconee on 4th of July has died

4-year-old girl injured at Lake Oconee on 4th of July has died

Four-year-old Tilly Roache died two days after a pontoon boat capsized on Lake Oconee during a Fourth of July celebration.

July 8, 2025 12:58pm EDT
4-year-old girl critically injured after pontoon boat capsizes in Lake Oconee

4-year-old girl critically injured after pontoon boat capsizes in Lake Oconee

A 4-year-old girl has been airlifted to the hospital in critical condition after she was trapped under an overturned pontoon boat on the Fourth of July.

July 7, 2025 6:11am EDT
Engaged couple's cause of death revealed after Lake Oconee disappearance

Engaged couple's cause of death revealed after Lake Oconee disappearance

Authorities confirmed that Gary Jones and Joycelyn Wilson died from accidental drowning

June 18, 2025 11:30pm EDT
Body of missing Atlanta teacher, coach found in Lake Oconee: sheriff

Body of missing Atlanta teacher, coach found in Lake Oconee: sheriff

After 29 long days of searching, the body of Atlanta educator, Gary Jones, has been found on Lake Oconee.

March 9, 2025 4:34pm EDT
Secret Service asked to unlock Spelman instructor's phone after death

Secret Service asked to unlock Spelman instructor's phone after death

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that investigators have asked the U.S. Secret Service for help in unlocking the cell phone that belonged to Spelman College instructor Joycelyn Wilson.

March 3, 2025 11:52am EST
Lake Oconee search for missing Atlanta teacher partially suspended indefinitely

Lake Oconee search for missing Atlanta teacher partially suspended indefinitely

Putnam County Sheriff Howard R. Sills announced Sunday that portions of the search at Lake Oconee for a missing Atlanta teacher will be suspended until further notice.

March 2, 2025 3:48pm EST
Divers, dogs amp up search for missing Atlanta teacher on Lake Oconee

Divers, dogs amp up search for missing Atlanta teacher on Lake Oconee

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office launched its largest search effort yet at Lake Oconee on Saturday in an attempt to locate Gary Jones. The Atlanta teacher has been missing since Feb. 8. 

March 1, 2025 10:44pm EST
Lake Oconee search for coach: Students send thank-you notes, search continues

Lake Oconee search for coach: Students send thank-you notes, search continues

Search efforts continue for missing Westminster Schools coach Gary Jones at Lake Oconee, where he vanished while boating earlier this month.

February 26, 2025 7:14am EST
13 days after disappearing, Gary Jones remains missing on Lake Oconee

13 days after disappearing, Gary Jones remains missing on Lake Oconee

After the rain delayed much of the searching Wednesday on Lake Oconee, volunteers were back on the water Thursday looking for any sign of Gary Jones.

February 20, 2025 6:24pm EST
Service set for Spelman instructor as Lake Oconee search for coach continues

Service set for Spelman instructor as Lake Oconee search for coach continues

The search for Gary Jones, a teacher and coach at Westminster Schools in Atlanta, continues as authorities scour Lake Oconee for any sign of him.

February 19, 2025 12:31pm EST
Search continues for Gary Jones, missing since Feb. 8 at Lake Oconee

Search continues for Gary Jones, missing since Feb. 8 at Lake Oconee

Volunteer search teams and cadaver dogs are expected to return Tuesday to Lake Oconee in a continued search for Westminster Schools coach and teacher Gary Jones.

February 18, 2025 8:32am EST
Cadaver dog assisting with search for coach at Lake Oconee

Cadaver dog assisting with search for coach at Lake Oconee

The search at Lake Oconee for a missing coach from a private school in Atlanta has entered its seventh day.

February 14, 2025 12:56pm EST
Search resumes for missing coach at Lake Oconee amid death investigation

Search resumes for missing coach at Lake Oconee amid death investigation

The search has resumed for a missing man at Lake Oconee after stormy weather severely hindered search efforts on Wednesday.

February 13, 2025 3:15pm EST
Lake Oconee tragedy: Spelman College instructor mourned, Westminster coach missing

Lake Oconee tragedy: Spelman College instructor mourned, Westminster coach missing

The search continues for a man believed to be on an abandoned boat on Lake Oconee. The woman's body has been identified.

February 12, 2025 10:29am EST
Severely burned Eatonton horse begins healing journey after tragic barn fire

Severely burned Eatonton horse begins healing journey after tragic barn fire

An Eatonton family is holding on to hope one of their horses will be ok after she was severely burned in a barn fire.

January 5, 2025 7:58pm EST
Lake Oconee mystery: FBI's quest for justice intensifies in Dermond murders

Lake Oconee mystery: FBI's quest for justice intensifies in Dermond murders

Shirley and Russell Dermond were killed 10 years ago.

May 2, 2024 7:46pm EDT
FBI offers $20K reward in decade-old Dermond murder mystery after new DNA evidence found

FBI offers $20K reward in decade-old Dermond murder mystery after new DNA evidence found

The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the decade-old gruesome murder of Russell and Shirley Dermond.

April 29, 2024 3:31pm EDT
Decade-old Dermond murder mystery: New DNA evidence may lead to killer

Decade-old Dermond murder mystery: New DNA evidence may lead to killer

Investigators in Putnam County have found new DNA evidence in the grisly killings of Shirley and Russell Dermond. 

April 24, 2024 11:28pm EDT
Ted Bundy survivor bringing new memoir to Georgia

Ted Bundy survivor bringing new memoir to Georgia

“It was very important to me to make known exactly what he was," says survivor Kathy Kleiner Rubin of serial killer Ted Bundy.

January 10, 2024 10:20am EST
Mom, children die in head-on crash that killed 5 near Putnam-Baldwin County line

Mom, children die in head-on crash that killed 5 near Putnam-Baldwin County line

An overnight car crash near the Putnam-Baldwin County line killed all five people involved, including an infant and a toddler, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.

August 1, 2023 2:47pm EDT
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