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\t Historian, scholar and Emmy Award winner Henry Louis Gates Jr. will speak today at 3 p.m. at the Morton Theatre. The  event is free but seating is limited to the first 500 guests. \t There’s a new top dawg at the University of Georgia. Que will be collared as…

\t The SEC announced the kickoff time for the Nov. 7 game against Kentucky. The game will kick at noon EST and will be shown on either ESPN, ESPN2 or the SEC Network. Last season, The Bulldogs beat Kentucky 63-31. \t Georgia tennis player Caroline Brinson won the USTA/ITA Southeastern…

By Rayleigh Rozier You may not think of Athens-Clarke County police as mental health care providers, but the department receives 6,000 calls each year involving citizens with mental illness. The ACC Police Department hopes to use a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to create a plan over the…

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control  coming out tomorrow will show that Georgia is back on the same level as the rest of the country in terms of number of people going to the doctor with flu-like symptoms. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, 374…

By: Erin O’Brien Six new witnesses testified Thursday in the murder trial for Corey Blount.  Blount is accused of fatally shooting Derrick Merritt and injuring Jamaris Walter in a fight outside a club in Athens in May 2014. Several women involved in the brawl, the doctor who treated Walter, and the…

By Shaunteri Skinner About 150 people will walk over 13 miles on Saturday, Oct. 24, to honor and remember family or friends affected by cancer for the Athens Regional Foundation’s ‘In Their Shoes Walk.’ The event will begin at 8 a.m. at the Athens Regional Medical Center with a light…

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By: Chelsea Beimfohr Uga IX is retiring and Uga X is ready to take over the Dawg house! The University of Georgia announced Thursday that Uga IX, affectionately known as “Russ,” will retire as Georgia’s bulldog mascot at age 11, after working 25 games as an interim mascot from 2009-12,…

By Rayleigh Rozier You may not think of Athens-Clarke County police as mental health care providers, but the department receives 6,000 calls each year involving citizens with mental illness. The ACC Police Department hopes to use a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to create a plan over the…

A fire that destroyed several businesses in Commerce on Oct. 17 has been declared as arson by authorities. Commerce Fire Chief, Kevin Dean said a report specifying the degree of the fire will be published early next week. The definition of arson, though, varies. According to the state Office of Insurance and…