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There is not always fire. University of Georgia police responded to a smoke detector alarm on Sanford Drive Wednesday afternoon, but found no fire. Melissa Jackson of the University of Georgia’s communications department told Grady Newsource that the exhaust from a generator triggered the alarm, but did not elicit any flames. The alert…

ATHENS, Ga. — University of Georgia graduate student Melissa Lynn Erickson discovered that exercise can help people with Type 2 diabetes and not for a reason you would think. The solution was exercise — specifically the treadmill located in the Kinesiology lab on UGA’s campus. “The role that exercise can…

Athens Clarke County Superior Court Judge Patrick Haggard oversaw several cases Wednesday morning, mostly concerning probation violations and offenses related to substance abuse. Haggard is scheduled to weigh in on civil hearings this week as well. Judge Lawton Stephens is scheduled to preside over 23 arraignments next week, one of which will be Tamara Lanorris…

Rapper Fetty Wap will be performing at Stegeman Coliseum at the University of Georgia April 26 as part of University Union’s spring concert series. Here are a few things to know about his performance. \t How to buy tickets UGA students can begin buying tickets Wednesday at 10 a.m. using…

Investigator Dale Dillow of Jackson County’s Sheriffs Office is in charge of tracking and monitoring registered sex offenders. Find out more of what his job entails.

Athens, GA — Athens Clarke County School District will hold a public forum Thursday to discuss keeping students in the classroom and recent disciplinary issues. The Athens-Clarke County community will have the opportunity to voice possible solutions about both of the issues to the district school board. This forum comes after the…

Here’s what’s happening around Northeast Georgia. \t Research University of Georgia researchers conducted a study about whether exercise enhances the effectiveness of diabetic medication. Reporter Kaitlin Long will share how they found their answer \t Politics The Georgia GOP 10th District Convention will be held in Greensboro April 16. How…

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has banned all non-essential travel to North Carolina, according Melissa Mullinax, Senior Advisor at Mayor Kasim Reed’s office. The order is due to the LGBT discriminatory law that recently passed there. New York, Connecticut and D.C. have already ordered the same.

This week is positivity week at Apalachee High school. The week was created by the Yearbook staff after three students committed suicide in one year. “I was actually kind of close with one of them so that kind of hit home with me and when Ms. Rehberg told me this was…

\t Jail Expansion UPDATE – Madison County officials celebrated the jail expansion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning. After 2.36 million dollars and years of construction, the jail expansion is complete and inmates are set to move in. The expansion increased the facility’s bed count from sixty four to ninety…