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 Schools Will End Early Tomorrow
Barrow County- Barrow County Schools will close early tomorrow due to the inclement weather predictions. \n
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Warming Centers In Barrow County
http://youtu.be/ExOtM0NOdzs Barrow County- There are still some people without power in Barrow County. The Red Cross has set up heating stations, including one at the First United Methodist Church in Winder, GA. Reporter Katie Kraft talked to one of the volunteers Ronald Lemke about how they have blankets and cots…
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Update On School Closings
Athens- The lowest temperatures we’ve seen in a year have led to school closings, delays, and even excused absences in and around the Athens area. Oglethorpe County schools closed today… still no word of whether or not they will be open tomorrow. Madison County schools also closed today. ..but as…
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Barrow County School Finds its Man
WINDER, GA - Apalachee High School hires Coach Steve Sims as its new head football coach.
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Barrow County, UGA Team Up to Increase Foster Homes
WINDER, GA - Barrow County Family and Children's Services works with a UGA program to increase the number of foster care homes.
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New Barrow Night Time Charter School
150 students from Clarke Madison Baldwin and Jackson county as well as Barrow will attend the new Foothills Education Charter High School. The Barrow County Board of Education approved a new night time charter school for high school students Tuesday. When the school opens it will hold 150 Barrow County students. The Superintendent of…
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DEVELOPING STORY: Pedestrian Killed
Early saturday morning a pedestrian was struck and killed on the side of Commerce Road.
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Robots Integrated into Classrooms
Winder, GA – Reporter Jacob Blount visited the Sims Academy of Technology to see how the robots from Roborobo are teaching classes. The robots are provided by a partnership with the University of Georgia Education Department and a South Korean robotic company. This gives Barrow County students an…
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Right to Life March in Atlanta
Atlanta, GA – If you take a look at the Barrow County Right to Life website, the chapter is said to be protesting in the Atlanta march. State Senator Frank Ginn says he is supporting the march because he believes life is precious and begins at conception. These marchers are representing…
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Local High School Doubles Special Ed. Graduation Rate
Barrow, GA -- Winder Barrow High School has doubled its special education graduation rate. The high school has been removed from the state's Focus School List.