Barrow County
Reporting about Barrow County, Georgia. Some stories will be republished in the Barrow News-Journal with Mainstreet News as part of a news-academic partnership with Grady Newsource.
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Barrow County Teams Navigate New Postseason Ranking System
Two of Barrow County’s high school teams face a new path to the playoffs this fall. The Georgia High School Association’s Postseason Ranking formula (PSR) now applies to every classification, including Class 5A, where Winder-Barrow competes, and Class 6A, where Apalachee competes. A team’s winning percentage accounts for 35% of…
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Rivalry Patches: At Apalachee High School, Wins Against Winder-Barrow are Not Just Recorded, but Worn
Apalachee baseball’s dugout erupted on March 19 as players poured out after a 5-1 win over rival Winder-Barrow, celebrating with shouts and high-fives. The victory brought Apalachee’s record to 8-9 this season. But beating a neighboring school just seven miles across the county meant more than another win in the…
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Groundwork: Stories of Sustainability in Northeast Georgia
A team of 20 student journalists created a news special responding to the needs of Northeast Georgia counties. Reporters traveled to five counties, spoke with residents, uncovered environmental gaps, and highlighted the solutions communities are building. Watch to see what they discovered and the solutions taking root. This is Groundwork:…
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Women-Owned Businesses in Barrow Are Finding Success
Barrow County is home to 133 women-owned businesses according to the 2022 U.S. Census, and unfortunately for the community, this number is going downwards, which opposes the statewide trends. Forty-six percent of businesses in Georgia are women-owned, which contributes to the national 114% of female entrepreneurship growth in the last…
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‘We Will Rise:’ The Story of the Apalachee High School Shooting
Twenty journalism students produced the documentary titled “We Will Rise: The Story of the Apalachee High School Shooting” as part of their capstone class at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The students’ goal was to memorialize the tragedy, its immediate impact on the school, and how the…
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Resilience Through Unity: Apalachee Emerges Stronger Together
In the wake of tragedy, communities often find themselves at a crossroads between overwhelming grief and the resilient determination to heal and grow stronger. Grady Newsource reporter Quentin Yroz takes you to community gatherings and shared moments of reflection and prayer, to show you how the people of Barrow County…
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Love Will Prevail: Barrow Community Displays Strength, Resilience
In the months since the school shooting that claimed four lives in Barrow County, Georgia, in the fall of 2024, one message resounds throughout the community. Grady Newsource reporter Janai Wells shows you how what began as a devastating tragedy on Sept. 4 at Apalachee High School in Winder today…
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New Developments, Old Problems: Barrow Works to Keep Growth in Balance
A new Kroger Marketplace is expected to open in spring of 2026 in Barrow County, bringing an estimated 250-300 jobs to the community, according to Barrow County’s Economic Development Director Ben McDaniel. Barrow County ranks at 153 out of 159 in terms of county size in Georgia, and 29th in…
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Mobilizing the Next Generation: How Young Voters Impact Georgia’s Future
As the 2024 elections approach, all eyes are on Georgia, a key battleground state where young voters could potentially have a significant impact on the outcome. That is, of course, if they show up to the polls. A Look at Past Turnout Historically, the 18-24 age category is the least…
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Unconventional Duo of Candidate, 19-Year-Old Leads to Barrow County Primary Win
Will Stevens was sitting in his freshman dorm at the University of Georgia when his phone lit up with a notification. It was a text from a number he didn’t know. The 19-year-old political science and public relations major doesn’t get random messages often, but this one was different. It…