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Today, The Keep the G Gun Free organization will host a ‘Veto Campus Carry Rally’ at the Arch at 5 PM. The organization is protesting House Bill 859 that is better known as the Campus Carry Bill. Currently, the bill has passed in the Georgia House and Senate and remains…

A man injured in a deputy involved shooting is out of the hospital and now in jail. 38 year old John Martin was released from Athens Regional hospital at 1 PM this afternoon. At 1:30 PM, he was already locked up in the Oconee County Jail. Corporal Adam Thrower and…

North Oconee Titans boys’ soccer team starts its playoff run tonight. They will play against Woodward Academy in Atlanta, who is ranked 2nd in their region. The Titans are currently (12-4) overall and (6-1) in region.   The Clarke Central Gladiators boys’ soccer team travel west of Atlanta to face…

Police are currently looking for a team of armed robbers that has already hit two Athens drug stores. Lieutenant Tyndell believes the two robberies have a connection. He says, “This is not a common type of robbery and to have two in 10 days with that many similarities in the…

By: Jaron Matthews

Anthony “Zippy” Morocco (86), a University of Georgia sports star in the ’50s, committed suicide on Sunday. Chris Morocco, Zippy’s son, said his father fought with depression and a mental disorder called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Boston University’s CTE center defines CTE as “a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found…

Governor Deal signed the Rape Kit Bill (House Bill 827) this morning. Here’s 5 reasons the bill could help rape victims: \t The bill was first known as the “Pursuing Justice for Rape Victims Act.” \t  What does this bill do? The Bill will require medical information or “rape kits”…

By: Jane Mo  

Sixty percent of educated black women, ages 25-34 have never been married. That’s almost double the number of white women who are married in that age group. The reasons for these declining numbers are complex and deeply rooted in African-American history. In this 6-part series, reporter Kalyn Wilson investigates this…

By: Fernanda Perez