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The Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man who it said led one of its deputies on a high speed chase. The incident report said the chase began at the intersection of Athens Road and Smokey Road in Oglethorpe County around 11 p.m. Sept. 21. Sgt. Andrew Brooks…

On the shelves of Community one can find the latest pop record album produced by an Athens musician, a vintage denim jacket embroidered by hand with new thread and jewelry made by a friend or neighbor. In addition to teaching sewing classes and performing alteration services, Community supplies prints, postcards,…

Luke Bundrum is a partially deaf student at The University of Georgia. The junior has had a Cochlear implant since he was 3, but still uses American Sign Language to communicate. He said UGA does a good job of accommodating students, but he said the university is not always sure of…

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OCONEE COUNTY, GA — Oconee County is wrapping up a statewide effort to reverify where all registered sex offenders live and work. The initiative, Operation Watchful Eye III, was enforced by the Georgia Sheriff’s Association. Grady Newsource reporter Caroline Elliott rode along with officers as they completed their routine check-ups…

Students at The University of Georgia put the Annenberg survey to the test to see how much they know, or should know, about their government.   Athena McNair is a 4th year majoring in journalism in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. 

More than 20,000 gallons of waste water spilled into a tributary of Barber Creek in Oconee County Sept. 18. This is the fourth reported sewage spill in Oconee County this year. The sewer pipe split on Rocky Branch Road across from Old Waverly subdivision. Pipe fatigue was named the reason…

The Lead is a podcast hosted and produced by Charlotte Norsworthy in the Cox Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management & Leadership at the University of Georgia. We talk about how to get ahead in the media industry by interviewing the people who did.   This episode of The Lead is…

Astrophysicists are revered as some of the smartest people in the world. But can one be an astrophysicist without any formal education or training? Georgian Howard Sims might say so. Sims has built a working observatory in his backyard, complete with two hand-crafted telescopes, without receiving any specialized education. The…

For Andrew Wilkin, executive director at Bigger Vision Community Shelter, there is no such thing as a homeless person. These words, this philosophy, is one that carries through all those who come to Bigger Vision. “I think the most important thing people need to understand is that there is no…