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If you can empower young high school girls to lead, one group says you are needed. The B.E.E. Club Inc. is looking for active volunteers in the community who can mentor and guide female students at Cedar Shoals High Schools for the club’s new program called B.E.E. Engaged. The new…

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an investigation of the Athens-Clarke County Police Department after a man was shot by police at University Garden Apartments on Baxter Street in Athens, Georgia on Oct. 5. The GBI identified the man as 28-year-old Salvador Salazar from North Carolina. A warrant has been…

Before even leaving middle school, four Madison County, Georgia students have received scholarships to pay for college. Madison County graduation coach Renee McCannon said with this, going to college becomes very possible for first-generation students. There’s a lot of kids in Madison County that may never think of going to…

Sarah Thurman is proud of the growth that the Athens Farmers Market has experienced since she took over as market manager three years ago. In that time, she says that she has seen the number of visitors who stop by the market almost every Saturday morning from March through December…

Much of the journalism industry may be struggling to find a financial model that “works,” but that is not the case for American City Business Journals. Beth Hunt was a breath of fresh air on the podcast. She is the director of editorial recruiting and development at American City Business…

Some doctors, nutritionists and dietitians are calling for an increase in dietary fiber intake to help restore diversity in the gut, which is generally lacking in Western diets. Katherine Harmon Courage, the author of “Cultured: How Ancient Foods Can Feed Our Microbiome,” spoke at the AJC Decatur Book Festival on…

Oct. 11 is the final day that local high schools can register varsity esports teams with the Georgia High School Association for the fall 2019 season. The esports preseason begins the following Monday, Oct. 14. Penny Pitts, associate director of the GHSA, said of the league, “We’re really excited about…