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Lady Bulldogs knock off Callaway 7-0 in first round of playoffs juniafiMi ill! tli_ J Lake Oconee News J 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 75 CENTS GRAND OPENING AT FARMVIEW community » B1 NEW EXHIBIT OPENS AT STMA community » B3 STAY CONNECTED n facebook.com/ lakeoconeenews (ffilakeoconeenews -fo) @lakeoconeenews index Calendar B4-5 Churches B6 Classifieds D3 Community B1 Inspire Health D6 Opinions A4 Recipes D1 FRIDAY 74/51 Sunny WEATHER »D7 0 94922 87855 7 Published by Smith Communications Inc. 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. 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