On Thursday, January 22 at Mars Hill Baptist Church located at 2661 Mars Hill Road Watkinsville, GA 30677, the Georgia ...

Marie Dewitt “Maridee” Williams, 75, of Watkinsville, died Tuesday, December 16, 2025. Maridee was the longtime general manager of The Oconee Enterprise and a driving force behind its survival and ...

As Oconee’s paper of record, we have always felt called to demand transparency from government officials. However, we sometimes forget to be fully transparent with our own readers about the state of ...

Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation, a Watkinsville nonprofit that gives women a leg up to further their education and professional goals, has three angel trees that will enable local mothers to give their ...

Editor’s note: The following editorial was written by Editor and Co-Publisher Michael Prochaska. Maridee Williams gave me an opportunity that would shape the rest of my career. She believed that I ...

Charles Boyd Elkins, Jr. entered the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on April 7, 2025. He was a beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend. Born on ...

Wire Park’s annual Harvest in the Park is Saturday, Oct. 25 from 12-3 p.m. There will be trick-or-treating, live music, fall snacks games and a live screening of the UGA football game. Also, the ...

When Maridee Williams was hired as general manager of The Oconee Enterprise in 1994, her mother and publisher, Vinnie Williams, said that there is nothing more satisfying than having a child follow in ...

Contractor Archer Western is to build two separate bridges at the intersection, one to carry Ga. 316 westbound traffic over the Oconee Connector and another to carry Ga. 316 eastbound traffic over the ...

Oconee County Director of Public Works Jody Woodall said that Archer Western is waiting on approval from the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to move to the second phase of its initial work ...

“I have the largest collection of pre-1920 Georgia picture postcards ever,” he said. “There’s no way in the world anybody could duplicate or outdo this collection I’ve got here.” Most of the ...