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By: Chelsea Beimfohr It’s the beginning of November and the holiday season has officially kicked off. Department stores have busted out the decorations, Black Friday sales are just around the corner, and holiday treats are back on the menus of bakeries and coffee shops across the country. The coveted holiday cup…

  The Madison County school system needs bus drivers, and it hopes some cash bonuses could help bring them in. Tonight, Superintendent Allen McCannon will ask the board to approve an incentive program to recruit new drivers. The Bus Driver Referral Incentive Program would reward both those who refer new drivers and the drivers themselves.…

    By: Anna Clark UGA student Austin Leonard got into a car crash the only time he drove on Highway 316. “There have been other accidents through family friends and our church where I’ve known that 316 has been so dangerous,” Leonard said. “So I’ve always avoided it.” Stop…

By Shaunteri Skinner Want to show your support for veterans on Veterans Day on Wednesday? Here are a few ways you could get involved in the Athens area: \t 10 a.m – The Friends of Oconee Cemetery Veterans Day celebration \t 11 a.m.  – Oconee Veterans Memorial Foundation, Inc. 2015…

By: Damian C. Reynolds Which football teams are in the top position to compete for this year’s national title? The College Football Playoff committee will release its second top 25 rankings of the 2015 season today at 7 p.m. The Top 10 rankings when the committee released the inaugural rankings on Nov.…

By Rayleigh Rozier The Georgia Bulldogs are feeling good thanks to a win against Kentucky and new found bowl-eligibility, but Coach Mark Richt said the team can’t let up yet. “It’s not time to relax now,” Richt said at his press conference Tuesday. “It’s time to try to get better, try to…

Miss Georgia Adeline Kenerly is using her platform “Helping Heroes: Support for America’s Veterans” to celebrate Veteran’s Day on Wednesday. Clips from Kenerly’s Miss Georgia interview are included in this video as a tribute to the troops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvQBVH9A3TE&feature=youtu.be

By Rayleigh Rozier  Georgia Adopt-A-Stream is a program housed by the state’s Environmental Protection Division that monitors the quality of streams and their surrounding habitats. Local groups like the Oconee County Watershed Network register with Adopt-A-Stream and monitor their own bodies of water using the EPD’s resources. There are a number of ways local…

The sun is out today for the first time in weeks. Reporter Blis Savidge has your daily weather forecast here.        

  By: Chelsea Beimfohr Things are hopping at Tate! Tuesday morning the University of Georgia’s Tate student center transformed into the land down under. UGA Discover Abroad brought two kangaroos to campus to promote their study abroad program to Australia. “We just wanted to bring kangaroos out today because we…