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After speaking with the Athens Clarke County police, it has been made clear that the incident occurred on Oglethorpe Avenue, not on a UGA campus. According to the University of Georgia Police Department’s timely warning update, there was an armed robbery near the Health Sciences campus, during which shots were fired.…

ATHENS-The Athens-Clarke County Police Department has cautioned taxpayers to remain on alert as April 15th, the filing deadline for U.S. federal income tax, approaches.  IRS scams have taken over half a million dollars from Georgia residents since October 2013. An official for the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, or TIGTA, said in an…

RICHMOND HILL, Ga.-“Many of them landed inches away from me…One bullet…it could’ve broken the skin and hit my heart.  I was that close.”  UGA student Trey Collins described his close call with death for the first time with WTOC in Savannah yesterday. Collins, 19, was kidnapped and shot multiple times…

Athena, Ga- Charles Worthy, Board of Education President, says that the Board of Education will handle the departures of three members accordingly. “It’s life, it happens all the time.” None of the departures come as a surprise, but President Worthy comments that he hates to see him [Lanoue] go. The…

Two individuals are currently booked at the Jackson County Jail after being arrested on Highway 330 near Tallassee Road when drug paraphernalia, two weapons and approximately 8 grams of methamphetamine were located in their car.                       On February 8, 2016 deputies from…

  Athens is still buzzing about a Georgia Department of Revenue raid in 26 bars downtown last weekend. No formal arrests were made, but 11 citations were issued to individuals for underage drinking. Administrative citations could be issued to bars found out of compliance with the law as well. William Gaston,…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsYS10ppxI4&w=560&h=315] Star Cedar Shoals point guard Jerrick Mitchell isn’t too worried about tonight’s playoff game against Lanier High School. He already led his squad to a double digit victory over the Longhorns. But that doesn’t mean he is overlooking them in the playoffs. “I feel good going into tonight,” Mitchell said.…

The Junior League of Athens is raising awareness for local poverty. The organization is using a new tactic, a little black dress. Participants in the event wear a black dress for 5 straight days, along with a button that says “ask me about my little black dress.” They hope the button…

  The University of Georgia Police Department reports that missing University of Georgia graduate student, Lei Wang, was found dead.  At 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, he was found in the wooded area near the river off College Station Road. The UGA Police Department reports that “the manner of death was self-inflicted…

The National Weather service has put the majority of North Georgia under a winter weather advisory. Residents in the area in the northeast area of Georgia can expect snow flurries and light snow showers from Monday morning through Wednesday afternoon. The highest snow accumulation will occur in the mountains of northeast Georgia…