LAKE OCONEE — David Wallace throttled up the 115-horsepower Mercury engine on his 21-foot fishing skiff and motored around a bend near Riley Shoals. Lake Oconee opens half a mile wide there in a ...

ATLANTA — Crews continue searching for a missing boater on Lake Oconee after Gary Jones and his fiancée, Joycelyn Wilson, embarked on a boating trip to celebrate Jones' 50th birthday - a trip ...

ATLANTA — According to the Putnam County Sheriff, the wallet of a missing boater on Lake Oconee has been discovered and turned over to authorities. Sheriff Howard Sills added that the Department ...

LAKE OCONEE, Ga. — The family of Gary Jones, a missing teacher and track and field coach, say they will not rest until he is found. In a heartfelt message released Sunday, his loved ones ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, Georgia — Authorities are now treating the disappearance of Gary Jones and his fiancée, Joycelyn Wilson, as more than a simple drowning, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills confirmed.

PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. - 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, who has been ...

The search for a Westminster Schools coach and teacher on Lake Oconee was postponed Wednesday due to drizzling rain and other weather factors that made it difficult for cadaver dogs to detect scents.

ATLANTA — A Spelman instructor is dead, and another person is missing after a boating incident on Lake Oconee on Saturday, officials said. Georgia Department of Natural Resources identified the ...