Crime reports from the April 26, 2024, edition of the Lake Oconee News.

Madison Police Chief William “Bill” Ashburn has retired, and the city has hired an interim chief while it searches for a new permanent replacement to run the police department. After 42 years in law enforcement, the Ashburn recently announced his retirement.

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has called a public meeting May 7 to present slight changes made in the project to widen Highway 44 to four lanes through Greene and Putnam counties. The Public Information Meeting will be held from 5-7 p.m.

The Greene County School System began an attendance campaign this year to address chronic absenteeism that has plagued schools since the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Firefighters had to contend with winds gusting as high as 40 mph as they battled a fire in Woodville April 12, but personnel from several departments were able to get the fire under control in 10 minutes.

After serving as a football field, a soccer pitch, a track meet site, a graduation venue and various other school-related needs for more than a decade, the turf at Greene County High School’s Tiger Stadium is getting a refresh.

A hearing before the Georgia Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee in February gave hope to exasperated residents of Greene County who are fed up with Piedmont Water Company (PWC).

A man who has yet to be identified by local officials was involved in a crash April 22 and later life-flighted to Grady Hospital in Atlanta. According to Morgan County Fire Chief Garret Smith, the man was attempting to merge onto the eastbound lanes of I-20 from Exit 121 near Buckhead when his SUV struck the rear of a flatbed tractor trailer that was also getting on the interstate.

Crime reports from the April 19, 2024, edition of the Lake Oconee News.