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Here are some of the most-read stories, blogs, and announcements on Oconee Patch this past week.
Police and Fire
The victim tells Oconee County Sheriff's deputies he willingly got into a car with a woman he met on "Backpage" and was robbed of $65 and left on the side of the road in Bishop.
Both westbound lanes in Oconee County near the Barrow County line were shut down for 3.5 hours Friday morning while the accident scene was cleared.
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An Oconee County Sheriff's deputy assisted in rescuing a goat and Athens Clarke County Police stopped traffic while veterinary staff tended to a horse that fell out of a trailer.
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Elections
Incumbent Chairman Melvin Davis and challenger Chuck Horton, current Post 4 commissioner, faced off at a candidates forum on June 14.
Business
Construction has begun at the site of the new RaceTrac gas station and convenience store on the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 78 and Mars Hill Road.
Opinion
An alleged incident of sexual battery involving two juveniles occurred at a University of Georgia athletic camp.
Local Voices
by Brian Crawford
by Lee Becker
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