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By Savannah Brock On Sunday Nov. 29, The University of Georgia released a statement on football head coach Mark Richt stepping down. Below is the statement on behalf of athletic director Greg McGarity: “Coach Richt and I met Sunday morning to discuss the status of our football program, said UGA J.…

By: Valerie Burgos A second grader, who was diagnosed with Leukemia in May 2015, was awarded a check for $5,459.69 on Friday, Nov. 20th. Here is a quick glimpse of how it happened: https://youtu.be/iu3sW0iq74Y In the beginning of November, students and teachers at Colbert Elementary School launched a fundraising competition to…

By: Adriana Vicuña The student body at Jefferson High School is mourning the loss of two of their classmates today. William and Alexander Trimble lost their lives in a car crash on US Highway 29. The Principal and staff are having counceling for students all day today and tomorrow. Earlier…

By: Mary Grace Shaw and Kara Murphy On the evening of Nov. 19 students will gather to show their disapproval with Governor Deal’s action to not allow Syrian refugees into Georgia. The students will silently march from The University of Georgia Tate Student Center to The Arch in downtown Athens. The…

By: Mary Grace Shaw Last week Detective Rebecca Croxton received a special envelope in the mail. Inside the envelope she found 240 crosses for the Athens-Clarke County Police Department. The crosses were made by Ariana, an eight-year-old girl who designed the crosses to protect law enforcement officials across the country. Croxton says she…

The rain is gone and sunny skies are here to stay. Reporter Janai James has your local Northeast Georgia weather forecast.

The rain has stopped for awhile, but cisterns installed around the University of Georgia’s campus have the capacity to hold more than five hundred and fifty thousand gallons of rain water combined. The water collected from these cisterns is recycled to irrigate surrounding landscapes and help flush toilets. Kevin Kirsche, the director…

  By: Allison Gowens One special court in Athens Clarke County is working to help people with Driving Under the Influence charges by dishing out treatment instead of just punishment. The specialized DUI court has consistently received national Acclaim for it’s successful approach at treating addicts and preventing further DUI offenses. “They become…

World Toilet Day is a day coordinated by UN-Water to spread awareness about the people who do not have access to a toilet. It may seem basic to most, but there are 2.4 billion people in the world do not have improved sanitation, or facilities that ensure hygienic separation of human excreta…

By: Damian C. Reynolds Georgia’s football team hosts Georgia Southern Saturday night, and the lights will be on. Not just the stadium lights. A couple of Georgia Redcoat members started a Facebook event calling for Georgia fans to turn on their cell phone flashlights right before the fourth quarter begins. The flashlights…