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WSB Atlanta on MSN · 1h

Sheriff: ‘Other matters’ investigated amid Lake Oconee search for missing teacher

Putnam County’s sheriff said Friday that the investigation into a couple’s disappearance while boating on Lake Oconee has expanded. The search continued for missing metro Atlanta teacher Gary Jones. He has not been seen since going out on the water Saturday with his fiancée Joycelyn Wilson,

Rough Draft Atlanta on MSN · 2h

Report: Putnam sheriff says shoes of Westminster coach found in Lake Oconee

The Putnam County sheriff is leading the investigation of a boating incident on Lake Oconee that resulted in the death of a Spelman College instructor and the ongoing search for an Atlanta private school coach.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1h

Sheriff hopes search for body can solve mystery of 2 boaters who went missing on Georgia lake

ATLANTA — Rescuers searched for a second body Friday, one week after two boaters went missing on a Georgia lake that draws tourists from around the South. The body of Joycelyn Wilson, a mathematics instructor at Spelman College, a historically black institution in Atlanta, was found Sunday in Lake Oconee.

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Man pleads guilty to 2022 murder of toddler in Putnam County

More than 33 months after a toddler died following a slip in the bathtub, his mother’s then-boyfriend has been sentenced for ...

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Putnam County man pleads guilty to second-degree murder of girlfriend’s 2-year-old

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Putnam County man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection to the 2022 death of ...

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Georgia's Putnam County parents urge school district to implement stronger school security measures

Sheriff Howard Sills says the Putnam County Charter School System doesn't have school resource officers or metal detectors.

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Putnam sheriff investigating after headstone possibly removed from cemetery

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after Mason-Denver Cemetery was damaged and possibly had headstones ...

West Virginia MetroNews2d

Former Putnam County Commissioner Steve Deweese sentenced after misappropriating funds

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. — Former Putnam County Commissioner Steve Deweese has been sentenced to one year of probation in a ...

Charleston Gazette-Mail2d

Former Putnam commissioner, sheriff sentenced to year of probation

Former Putnam County, West Virginia Commissioner Steve Deweese was sentenced Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, to one year of ...

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11-year-old arrested in Putnam County for bomb threat, according to sheriff’s office

An 11-year-old elementary school student was arrested Wednesday afternoon for saying there was a bomb on a school bus, ...

2don MSN

Former Putnam County Commissioner sentenced to probation in fraudulent scheme case

Former Putnam County Commissioner Steve Deweese was sentenced to one year of probation in connection to the stealing of ...

The Lima News1d

Level 2 in Putnam, Level 1 issued in Allen, Hancock counties

Putnam County Sheriff Brian Siefker announced at 4:18 p.m. Wednesday that the county was under a Level 1 roadway advisory. A ...

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