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ATHENS- Reporter Kenna Rodgers brings us our weather. She says the sunshine should continue until tomorrow, and the warm temperatures are here to stay. Temperatures should be in the mid-to-upper 70s throughout the area, but a chance of rain returns on Thursday.

ATHENS- UGA’s Student Affairs Office is honoring students and faculty who have died over the past year. The names of eleven faculty members and fifteen students will be read aloud at a candelight memorial service, next Tuesday, April 28th. The service is coordinated by the Student Support Services every year…

ATHENS- UGA Baseball UGA’s Baseball team hosts the Clemson Tigers at Foley Field tonight at 7.  The Bulldogs are looking to sweep the two game series against the Tigers after defeating them 3-2 earlier this month. The Dawgs are looking for some late season momentum after going 20-20 this…

ATHENS- UGA researchers are using databases to research parasites on a global scale and find patterns among different animal species. Their Findings The researches found that mammals who share closer evolutionary histories (and are more closely related) are often affected by the similar parasites. Importance Mice, lice, ticks, and worms are all…

ATHENS-  People are following the national  political campaigns with great interest, but one UGA faculty member has lived the system. Bob Taylor has been a number of things throughout his life: a radio DJ, a campaign press officer, and briefly trained to become an air traffic controller, but even in…

ATHENS- Witnesses were called to the stand today in the case of an Athens Police officer accused of bribing a fellow officer to get a friend off from a DUI charge. Christopher Burton sat with his defense attorneys, fingers locked, as the prosecution briefed the jury. The prosecution stressed conspiracy…

ATHENS- All Athens-Clarke County police officers are required to wear body cameras starting today. Police chief Carter Greene says that most law enforcement agencies use body cameras if they can afford them. Greene says that “it’s a good way of being transparent… We’re as transparent as possible with the community, and…

ATLANTA- Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer was voted the National Basketball Association (NBA) Coach of the Year. His team finished the season with a 60-22 record, which gave the Hawks  the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Hawks are currently playing the Brooklyn Nets in the first round…

ATHENS- The American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists is offering its annual Animal Eye Exam services for all registered service animals throughout the month of May. The University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital and the Animal Eye Care Clinic (located at 5 points in Athens) have teamed up to aid volunteer services…

ATHENS- The University of Georgia Chapter of the National Football Foundation held its 30th Annual Awards Presentation last night at the Athens Country Club. The keynote speaker of the event was Brian Griese, a former quarterback at the University of Michigan. He played football in the NFL for 13 years.…