Grady Newsource

Sports in Athens and its surrounding area are, and have always been, primarily associated with one thing: Georgia Bulldogs football. The University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium welcomes over 90,000 football-crazed fans nearly every week no matter how the season is going, and the stadium towers over the rest of the…

Thirteen inmates spent the afternoon getting ready in Unit 6 of the Athens-Clarke County Jail. They chose suits, donated by local churches, paired them with matching dress shoes, and readied themselves to celebrate their graduation from the Re-Entry Success Jail Resident Program. The program helps jail residents transition back into…

Inside the food science building at the University of Georgia, students are working alongside researchers to determine whether there is an organic alternative to traditional methods of shelf life extension. Researchers in UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Laurel Dunn and Faith Critzer, are studying the use of essential…

Government officials in Jackson County are trying to get $200 million in infrastructure passed over the next six years with a vote in November for a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST). But many business owners weren’t aware that could be a possibility. Grady Newsource’s Gunter Schroeder asked…

Drew Kann’s reporting has taken him to the critically dwindling Colorado River, the citrus farms of the rural South, and the nuclear reactors currently under construction in Georgia. While each story may focus on one geographic area, the core of Kann’s reporting lies in the environmental implications for the globe…