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https://youtu.be/GIm9F7wUNiM In the Athens, Georgia District there are six confirmed cases of Zika. The cases are traveled related and not locally contracted. However last night an opportunity to fund the fight against Zika was on the table in Congress. The vote on the 1.1 billion dollar funding bill failed 52…

https://youtu.be/MLyThqkTCRw ATHENS, Ga. — Three former Cedar Shoals students will stand trial for felony rape, false imprisonment and child molestation, among other things, sometime next year, according to their lawyer. All three — Javious Collins, Xavier Clarke and Markel Bannon — pled not guilty to those charges. An incident report…

The 15th anniversary of 9/11 is still four days away, but several groups on the University of Georgia campus are already paying tribute to the people that lost their lives in 2001. Laid out on the west lawn right next to the Tate Student Center are 299 flags, representing the…

https://youtu.be/-MxrXPnkjV4 Sheriff Scott Berry announced that the vehicle used in the murder of Rendell Cunningham, has been returned to the Sheriff’s Office in Oconee County. A search warrant was issued on the vehicle for the investigation of the murder of Cunningham, which happened in Oconee County late August. The search…

According to the linkedin page of Sang Don Nam he is a University of Georgia Resident Hall Assistant. Nam was arrested September 1st on 22 counts of Child Pornography. He posted $22,000 bond on September 2. The Athens Clarke-County Police Department ‘s incident report states that the GBI ICAC taskforce…

Two planes, two continents and an overnight flight later, I finally made it to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Paralympic Games! There are four former University of Georgia students competing in this year’s games.  Current UGA volunteer track coach Jarryd Wallace will be competing in athletics, Lindsay Grogan in…

Earlier today, around 12:30 p.m., a University of Georgia East Campus Express bus hit a student riding her bike on East Campus Road. Reporters on the scene witnessed surrounding students helping the injured female who sat on the sidewalk while waiting for paramedics and police officials. After police officials and…

ATHENS, Ga — Congressman Jody Hice of Georgia’s 10th District heads back to work on the hill today. One  bill he’s sponsoring pushes to close a loophole that allows convicted sex criminals to avoid placement on sex offender registries. The Track Reoffending Alien Criminals Act requires “unlawfully present alien sex offenders” to be registered on the…

For the first time in more than 15 years, Jackson County’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.3 percent. That makes it the second lowest unemployment rate in the state. The unemployment rate hasn’t been this low since back in 2000 when it hit 4.1 percent. Forsyth and Oconee counties still have the lowest unemployment rates in…

ATLANTA — A video posted on a crowdfunding website Monday reportedly shows UGA student Agnes Kim talking for the first time after a deadly car accident in in April. According to posts on the site, Kim was in a coma for more than a month after the accident and is currently undergoing care…