Patch Regrets: Corrections and Clarifications

Patch is committed to transparency in reporting and to correcting verified errors. Please let us know if you see a mistake that needs fixing. Here are our recent corrections:

• The original version of on July 27 had errors about details of the St. Mary's/Zoom Bait project that were corrected.
• In the original version of , Riley Harper-Olson's name was incorrectly reported in the orginal version of the story.  It was changed.
• In the article , the meeting place for the Keep Oconee County Beautiful Commission was reported incorrectly.  It was changed.
• In the original version of the Feb. 24 article, , the acreage of the was reported incorrectly.  It was changed. The date the center would close if the House and Senate were to approve the president's proposal was also incorrect and was changed.
• The original version of the on March 16 incorrectly stated the launch date and the hours of operation.  The information was updated.
• It was incorrectedly stated in the original version of that there was to be an Oconee County Middle School band concert. OCMS reports this incorrectly appeared on the school's master calendar.  This information was removed and substituted with a different event. 
• Esther Porter's name was misspelled in the original version of on Mar. 2.  It was corrected.
• The final paragraph of the original version of for Upcoming Meeting was clarified.  An individual, not the county, wished to purchase the right-of-way.  The sentence has been modified to reflect this.
• The photographer in the original version of on Feb. 17 was misidentified.  The name on the photo credits and byline was changed.

• In the original version of on Feb. 17, addresses and asking prices were left out of the captions of each photo.  That information was added.

• The Feb. 4 story, Flood Watch Through Early Saturday for Oconee, Northeast Georgia, incorrectly stated the day of the week that the most recent data was collected from the weather stations.  It was updated.
• The original  version of  on Jan. 26 incorrectly identified the relationship between Wanager and the woman and also misstated the type of residence where the incident allegedly took place. This information was updated based off of a  press release issued by the police department.
• The original version of a Jan. 26 story on the Oconee County Board of Commissioners mistakenly referred to "the city" in reference to Oconee County. The sentence was edited from the story.

• The Jan. 20 story originally stated incorrectly that the Oconee County Board of Commissioners would vote on a rezoning request for the proposed RaceTrac gas station at its Feb. 8 meeting. The commissioners had actually approved that request and a variance in October. They are now scheduled to consider a separate variance request for the same property.

• The Jan. 15 story "Weather Emergencies Show We Need to Support our Local Governments Better" originally had incorrect titles for Oconee Sheriff Scott Berry and Chief Deputy Lee Weems. The titles were corrected.

• The original version of the Jan. 12 story mis-identified a source quoted at the end of the article. Patch is still tracking down the proper identification and has removed the information until it is verified. UPDATE: Sgt. James Carter of the Athens-Clarke County Police was misidentified as being with the Watkinsville Police in the story. He was describing conditions in Clarke County, and the final two paragraphs of the story have been restored and updated to reflect that.
• The second reference to the Athens Christian athlete who wrestled North Oconee's Tim Abbott in the 145-pound final match named the wrong school in the original version of the Dec. 31 story "Titan Wrestlers Place Second in Wrestling Tournament." Also, if we'd thought about it, we would have taken out the second reference to "wrestling" in the headline.