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ATHENS, Ga.-Today was the last day for all of UGA’s NFL Draft-eligible football players to join together and prove themselves to NFL head coaches, coordinators, scouts, and executives. Twenty players, mostly seniors, went through measurements and drills in the weight room and on the practice field in order to state their…

Elbert County Comprehensive High School juniors Matthew House and Alyric Fouch both passed away in the past week. Recovering from these deaths has been a struggle for the community, but Principal Jason Kouns wants his students to know that there is a light coming, and that they will all heal together.…

An event to oppose the campus carry bill will take place today at the University of Georgia. The rally is set to start at 6:30p.m. in Tate Plaza and finish at the Arch. Cali Callaway, who is a junior at UGA and co-hosting this event says, “it’s important to consider the impact…

  ATHENS, Ga.- Athens-Clarke County Police are searching for a man who shot his wife while their three children were nearby. Courtney Jerrod Wiley, 30, is the suspect in a shooting that occurred Tuesday night at an Oak Hill Drive residence, according to a release this morning from the Athens-Clarke…

ATHENS, Ga. – A male individual was removed from the North Oconee River on Tuesday after jumping in to flee from police, according to an incident report released by the UGA Police Department this morning. The report states that staff members in UGA’s Chicopee Complex, located on East Broad Street,…

President Obama will nominate Merrick Garland as the new Supreme Court Justice Wednesday morning, our CNN network reports. This announcement is expected to continue the fight from Senate Republicans who have vowed to block any replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Merrick Garland, the chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals…

GEORGIA — Governor Nathan Deal released a statement Monday about the “campus carry” bill, House Bill 859. The bill has passed in both the Senate and House and would allow for twenty one year old licensed gun owners to carry weapons on college campuses. Governor Deal called for the General Assembly…

ATHENS– Athens Transit will propose a new policy to the city tonight. The policy will allow for people aged five to seventeen to ride city buses for free during the summer. Students who attend school and work part-time through the Great Promise Partnership program would also be allowed to ride…

ATHENS–For the twenty-seventh year in a row, the UGA debate team has qualified for the annual National Debate Tournament. The tournament hosts the top sixty eight collegiate debate teams from around the country. This year, the Georgia Debate Union is the only one to have three freshmen to qualify. One of those freshmen,…