The spot where the search was centered is about 10 miles east-northeast of Eatonton, the Putnam County seat, and a little over 3 miles due south of the Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee resort.

The search for 50-year-old Gary Jones at Lake Oconee has entered its seventh day, following the discovery of his fiancée Joycelyn Wilson’s body in the lake. An empty boat was found near Wallace ...

LAKE OCONEE, Ga. — It’s been one week since Gary Jones and Joycelyn Wilson took a boat out onto Lake Oconee, but never returned. Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills says this is more than just ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, Georgia — Authorities are now treating the disappearance of Gary Jones and his fiancée, Joycelyn Wilson, as more than a simple drowning, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills confirmed.

LAKE OCONEE, Ga. — The family of Gary Jones, a missing teacher and track and field coach, say they will not rest until he is found. In a heartfelt message released Sunday, his loved ones ...

The Lake Oconee incident has been deeply felt two hours away in Atlanta because both Jones and Wilson are educators. Spelman and Westminster each released statements about the victims, and social ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities are ramping up efforts to locate a missing Atlanta man who vanished on Lake Oconee five days ago. The search follows the discovery of his fiancée’s body on ...

ATLANTA — A Spelman instructor is dead, and another person is missing after a boating incident on Lake Oconee on Saturday, officials said. Georgia Department of Natural Resources identified the ...

The search for Gary Jones, a Westminster Schools coach, resumed Thursday at Lake Oconee after stormy weather temporarily halted efforts on Wednesday. Jones and Joycelyn Nicole Wilson, a Spelman ...

Two boaters disappeared on Lake Oconee on Saturday. Officials have recovered one of their bodies, but crews are searching the lake for the other victim. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources ...

LAKE OCONEE, GA — The Putnam County sheriff has opened a death investigation after the body of an Atlanta woman is recovered from Lake Oconee and her fiancée, a well-loved coach from an Atlanta ...

The body of Joycelyn Nicole Wilson was found in Lake Oconee, while Gary Jones remains missing after their boat was found empty Gary L. Jones/Facebook; Spelman College New details are emerging ...