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Athens, GA– A local business in Downtown Athens is making a huge profit off of its appearance on ABC’s Shark Tank. We spoke to one of the business owners of The Red Dress Boutique and the store has had more than 4,000 sales in the past two days since the show aired last Friday. A…

Athens, GA– Barrow County Board of Commissioners will implement a new 911 software which officials say will make the county safer.  It will allow sheriffs and emergency services to share the same computer system. The Board of Commissioners approved a $200,000 budget to improve the software and will meet with the…

Athens, GA– Student Meteorologist Molly McCollum with the weather for today.

Athens, GA– 9th District Democratic Congressional candidate David Vogel is trying to get into Congress, but is using his bicycle in order to get there. Vogel is making bike rides to local businesses and voters’ homes to get them on board with his campaign. Incumbent Congressman Collins says he is making his efforts as well, “Going…

Commerce, GA– The Commerce City Board of Education is asking property assessors to take another look at property. Because property values in the city of Commerce have decreased, the board of education is receiving less to include in its budget. The school superintendent says he wants to see if the properties may be…

Athens, GA– UGA Grady College Dean says he thinks he made the best decision to keep students safe from Ebola. Just yesterday he canceled a lecture by an award winning Liberian journalist. The lecture was scheduled for this week. Davis says that if the Liberian guest speaker was not in the twenty-one incubation period that…

Watkinsville, GA– Oconee County High School faces two undefeated teams in a row with a game against Hart County school this Friday and Jefferson County High School the following Friday. The football team played a close game of 31-30 against Morgan County High School last week, but still took the victory.…

Athens, GA– George Dean’s has been in the menswear business for 48 years and is now going out of business. The business is family owned and is located Downtown Athens. Once we have more updates, we will let you know exactly why the store is closing, what’s next for the owner,…

Athens, GA — UGA President Jere W. Morehead made the following statement Thursday: “A delegation from the University of Georgia met with the NCAA Committee onInfractions today in Indianapolis to discuss the ongoing case involving ourhead swimming and diving coach.  The Committee has instructed us not tocomment on the substance of…

Athens, GA — The Athens Half Marathon is only three participants away from reaching full capacity. Over 2,800 runners will hit the streets of Downtown Athens to take part it the 5th Annual Athens Half Marathon this Sunday.  In conjunction with the run, there will also be a Health and Fitness Expo…