Athens-Clarke County
Reporting about Clarke County, Georgia. Some stories will be republished in the Athens Banner-Herald as part of a news-academic partnership with Grady Newsource.
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BAC and LGBT Silent Protest at UGA
Athens, Ga.— The protest began shorty after 2:30pm Thursday afternoon. Protesters stood in silence for over an hour holding signs. The BAC president says that their next step is to arrange meetings between her, other student group leaders, and the administration to talk about changing the cultural climate at UGA.…
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Athens Project Homeless Connect
Athens, G.A.—Katie Smith is the Shelter Director at the Athens Area Homeless Shelter. They aren’t giving food or clothes at tomorrow’s event. They will give something perhaps a little more valuable. “We’re going to focus on our financial education piece and offer budgeting and educational information on savings accounts and…
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Goodbye Graduation Test
-Athens, GA Clarke and Oconee County high school students are taking the graduation test this week but these tests will soon be ancient history. Clarke County School District says most of their students are not taking the graduation test. Instead, the county is focusing more on their students taking…
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A Happy Homecoming
Reported by Lindsay Tuman The excitement from this past football game came from more than just touchdowns.  A family reunited after months and countries apart. If you watched the game this Saturday you probably saw how emotional this homecoming was. National Guard Specialist Robert Owens reunited with his family…
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Feed the Hungry for Thanksgiving
Athens, Ga– One hundred and twenty-five thousand people will have nothing to eat on Thanksgiving. But there is something you can do to help. The Athens Salvation Army feeds roughly 50 people per day. Wes Holt Community Director at the Salvation Army says “come to our facility at 4:30 and see…
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Money-saving recycling
Recycling. You know its good for the enviroment, but did you know it could be good for your wallet? Athens business owners must comply with the new commerical recycling plan ordinance starting in 2014. “It does not apply to businesses run from home but other than that if you have…
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Athens Regional Hosts Pink Glove Dance
By: Ashley ShahAhmadi Pink gloves…pink headbands…and pink wigs… These employees at Athens Regional are suiting up in pink for a good cause. “Someone came up with this great idea to ask people to wear a bunch of pink gloves and dance around and have fun and then they would…
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Strange Athens’ Apartment Complex Burglary
Reported by Tiffany Buck It happened at Georgia Green Townhomes. The property located off fourth street near downtown has been under renovation. The police report shows the total cost of stolen property and damages – over twenty thousand dollars. Pete Carson at Carson Plumbing says the most likely reason for…
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Monsignor Donovan Students to State Competition
Two students from The Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School are heading to Darton College to bring home a big trophy–and even bigger bragging rights. Seniors Emily Burns and Jacob Price won this trophy last Thursday at Regionals. But they’re not stopping there. Burns said, “We’re seniors. So it’s our last…