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

The Putnam County sheriff is leading the investigation of a boating incident on Lake Oconee that resulted in the death of a ...

Search crews are on Lake Oconee in hopes of finding the body of beloved Coach Gary Jones. He's presumed dead after search ...

Authorities plan to deploy a cadaver dog Friday as the search expands for Gary Jones, nearly a week after he and his fiancée are believed to have fallen overboard.

Sheriff Howard Sills is not providing details about Wilson’s death, but says it may be more than a simple drowning.

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

The Lake Oconee search for a missing Atlanta private school coach will enter its seventh day Friday, as officials return to the central Georgia waters where an empty vessel was recovered last weekend.

The Lake Oconee search for a missing Atlanta private school coach ramped up Friday with help from at least one cadaver dog.