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The polls opened at 7 a.m. this morning in Athens for Election Day 2026. The photojournalism students were there at 6:15 a.m. It was dark. Street lights lit poll workers placing “Vote Here” signs around the Athens-Clarke County Library and Clarke Central High School, which turned into polling stations for…

Advance voting numbers in Georgia toppled records compared to past midterm elections, with more than 2.4 million ballots cast in person, according to the Secretary of State’s election data hub website.  Students in Reporting II captured the scene and voter activity around lunchtime — from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.…

When Success Nwabude stepped into the office of Athens Christian School first-year football head coach Terance Mathis, the coach’s immediate reaction was simple: “This is a grown man.” At 6-foot-7 and 250 pounds, Nwabude looks like a natural gridiron standout. Yet his journey to becoming one of the nation’s top…

The annual Historic Athens Porchfest is coming up on Sunday, Oct. 18, and students in Kyser Lough’s First Year Odyssey seminar on music in Athens have scoured the 200+ Porchfest band lineup to build a few custom, themed itineraries for attendees. We’ll give you the first 4-5 shows to visit,…

The porches are the centerpiece at Historic Athens Porchfest on Oct. 18, but there’s so much more to the homes hosting musicians and bands at the free community event. Porchfest hosts opened up their residences before the crowds to students in a journalism seminar on home and garden writing class.…