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Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia's Lake Country \ www.LakeOconeeNews.us
FRIDAY MAY 6 2016
VOL. 18 NO. 18
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GREENE COUNTY
LOA ranks in state's top 10
Jackie Gutknecht
jackie@lakeoconeenews.us
Lake Oconee Academy’s high
school was ranked in the top 10
state-wide in the College and Career
Readiness Performance Index for
2015 with a score of 104.1 after
new the 2015 scores were released
Tuesday.
“CCRPI is a comprehensive school
improvement, accountability and
communication platform for all
SEE LOA » A3
Top 10 High Schools in Georgia ranked by CCRPI
RANKING
CRPI
SCHOOL
1
108.4
Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology (Gwinnett County)
2
108
Davidson Magnet School (high school level) (Richmond County)
3
107.3
Wadsworth Magnet School for High Achievers (elementary level) (DeKalb County)
4
106.4
Kitredge Magnet School (DeKalb County)
5
106.1
Johnson Magnet (Richmond County)
6
106
Wadsworth Magnet School for High Achievers middle school level) (DeKalb County)
7
105.5
Davidson Magnet School (middle school level) (Richmond County)
8
105
Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (Marietta City)
9
104.4
Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy (Muscogee County)
10
104.1
Lake Oconee Academy (high school level) (Greene County)
Contributed
A fatal head-on collision on 1-20, Thursday night, April 28, peeled open the cab of this Dodge Dakota
pickup.
Driver dies on 1-20
Jeff Warren
jeff@lakeoconeenews.us
A car crash on Interstate 20,
Thursday night, April 28, about a
quarter mile east of the Newborn
Road overpass, resulted in death
for one motorist and injuries to two
others.
According to information
provided by Sgt. 1st Class Justin
Howard, Post Commander at Mad
ison’s Georgia State Patrol Post 8,
the collision involved two vehicles.
A silver 2006 Nissan Maxima,
headed westbound, crossed the
grassy median between east and
west traffic and struck head-on a
blue 2006 Dodge Dakota pickup
traveling on the eastbound side
of the freeway. The driver of the
truck, the only occupant in the
pickup, was killed. The two Nissan
occupants were moved to Grady
Hospital in Atlanta for treatment of
SEE DRIVER » A2
GREENE COUNTY
Jilted lover
jailed after
shooting
After an argument between
a former boyfriend and current
boyfriend, a Jefferson man was
left with a bullet in his leg and
a Woodville man was taken to
jail.
Benjamin Edward Nunn,
1041 Woodland Way, Wood
ville, was arrested April 29
and charged with aggravated
assault.
“The investigation is ongoing
and additional charges are
expected,” according to a press
release written by Greene
County Sheriff s Lt. Lee Stancill
Monday.
GCSO Lt. Terry Surgick
arrived at Nunn’s address to
find an “unknown” white male
SEE JILTED » A8
Candidates
for offices
introduced
The Lake Oconee News is
happy to provide space for all of
the qualified candidates for the
upcoming May local election.
Correspondence was sent to all
candidates via United States
Postal Service and email and
the deadline was set for April 1.
This ongoing elections series
will wraps up this week with
candidates for Superior Court
judge.
SEE CANDIDATES,
PACE A2
PUTNAM COUNTY
Car strikes, kills man on Harmony
Don Richeson
editor@msgr.com
A car struck and killed a
man walking on the roadway
in the 800 block of Harmony
Road Saturday night. The man
reportedly carried identifica
tion saying his name was Elmi
Rosanio Lopez Lucas, 42, of
Greene County, however au
thorities say the ID appeared
to be counterfeit and they are
unsure if that was his actual
name.
“I recognize it to be a coun
terfeit ID, but for now we are op
erating on the assumption that
is his name,” Putnam Sheriff
Howard Sills told The Messen
ger Monday. “We believe he is
an illegal alien.” He said he was
SEE KILLED » A9
Putnam County Sheriff's Office
Damage is visible on the right front of a car after authorities say it struck
and killed a man walking in the roadway of Harmony Road Saturday
night.
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