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Athens, GA — Athens-Clarke County and Oconee County are just two counties nationwide that will observe National Bus Safety Week next week. One reason to have a bus safety week: to stop bullying on buses. Oconee County school officials say cameras installed in buses have dramatically cut down on bullying.  Oconee…

Athens, GA — The Enterovirus is the latest illness going around the nation’s general population, especially kids. Teacher Siobian Minish takes care of toddlers at the McPhaul Center and has her own special way of preventing the spread of illness. “One of the safety precautions they take [at the Center], if someone…

Athens, GA — The Office of Park Planning is asking for citizen input for a major redevelopment to Bishop Park.  The office will present alternative design concepts for the park Monday.  The park hasn’t been updated since the early 1970s. The Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department will host its second public input…

 

The University of Georgia uses hype videos to stir anticipation for the University of Georgia’s football games.  The videos gain several thousands of views online and on the jumbotron of Sanford Stadium.  The production quality may rival that of Hollywood, but the man behind the videos is a college student. Frank Martin’s camera and editing…

Athens, GA — The University of Georgia police are searching for three men and a woman suspected of fraudulently accessing the bank accounts of two student athletes. UGA Chief Jimmy Williamson says the transactions occurred in July at banks in Cobb and Fulton counties. He did not identify the victims or…

UPDATE 12:37 pm Thu, Oct. 16, 2014: The first Texas nurse who contracted Ebola at Dallas Hospital is being moved to a National Institutes of Health facility in Bethesda, Maryland for treatment in a isolation unit. Nina Pham contracted the virus white treating Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan who died last week at Texas…

Weather for Thursday, October 16, 2014 Athens, GA — Today will be in the 60s with a high of 70, making it the coolest day of the week.  With storms long gone, it will be sunny today and into the weekend. Saturday’s AthHalf Marathon will be welcomed with temperatures in the upper 70s…

Athens, GA–A second Dallas Health Care worker diagnosed with Ebola is in flight to Atlanta. The CDC is not saying whether or not the patient has landed yet. Health Care officials say she flew on a commercial airplane Monday–the day before she reported symptoms. CDC Director Tom Frieden said that the patient…

The Bulldogs take on Arkansas this weekend in football, UGA women's basketball prepares for season opener next month, and Prince Avenue High School's softball team moves on to State.