Patch's Most Popular

Severe thunderstorms uprooted trees and left power outages when they rolled through Oconee County and other parts of north Georgia on Thursday evening. Also see and

A Bogart woman and a Watkinsville man risked their lives in order to help a Barrow County family escape their home which consumed by flames on Thursday.  The heroic actions by these individuals were applauded by first responders.

Residents of two homes in the Silverleaf subdivision near Jimmy Daniel Road were woken up to the sound of someone attempting to break into their houses around in the early morning hours on Tuesday, authorities said.

In a reader's poll, Watkinsville was selected as the top twenty-fifth art destination in the Small Cities category.

The City of Watkinsville was one of only four Georgia cities included in this year's competition.