COVID-19 Coverage
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Local Program Targets Food-Insecure Citizens, Feeds Thousands During Pandemic
The Athens Eats Together program is a countywide initiative that provides meals for Athens-Clarke County residents who are food insecure due to COVID-19. The program has fed more than 9,000 citizens and has given away more than 320,000 meals in a year. The Program A healthy diet for a…
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Cookies During COVID-19: How One Athens Baker Adapted During the Pandemic
Baylee Marsh Thornton started her baking business, Baylee Bakes, by accident. A few candid and lighthearted posts on her “finsta” soon led Thornton to a new lifestyle — waking up at 4 a.m. to finish frosting cookies and teaching decorating classes to hundreds of people. Thornton, who received the University…
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Madison County School District Will Test Students This Spring
The Madison County School District will conduct the Georgia Milestone exams to students in third through 12th grade later this spring. According to the Georgia Department of Education, the Georgia Milestones Assessment is an exam designed to “provide students with the critical information about their own achievement and their readiness…
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COVID-19 Won The Battle Against Will Ruff and The Family Recipe, But It Is Losing the War
Will Ruff of The Family Recipe discusses with Liam Monast the way his jazz-rock fusion band was affected by COVID-19 and the members’ plans for the post-pandemic future. Liam Monast is a junior majoring in journalism and minoring in business in the Grady College of Journalism and…
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Students At UGA Faced With Tough Decisions After Receiving New Funds
University of Georgia students are making careful decisions about their recently dispersed funds through the Higher Education Emergency Relief II (HEER II) Fund. Some students’ potential plans include saving all or a portion of the money, paying bills, or sending the money home to assist their family. Tiffany Mukundi, a…
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Study Suggests One Dose Of Vaccine Might be Sufficient If You’ve Had COVID-19
If you are among the 839,823 people who have received a positive COVID-19 test in the state of Georgia, there might be a reason to only get one dose of the vaccine. But, local health officials are urging caution. A recent study published by medRxiv found those who had the virus…
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How Pandemic Learning Affected Athens Student Teacher, Her Third-Graders
After her long Thursday afternoon teaching meeting, Gaines Elementary School student teacher, Emily Turner, 21, sat down at her computer to talk to Autumn Sanford about the hardships her third-graders faced while adapting to Zoom learning. Autumn Sanford is a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in…
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One Year Later: How Sustainable Are Our Self-Care Methods In A Pandemic?
Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national state of emergency in March 2020, people have resorted to practicing creative and necessary forms of self-care to help preserve their mental health. The country has endured quarantine periods, work and school from home, a turbulent election and a general overwhelming sense…
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Barrow County Board of Education Looks to Finalize Teacher Vaccine Strategy
A priority for the Barrow County School System, from the beginning of the pandemic, has been to keep teachers and students safe. With vaccine rollout now underway, the school district is looking to utilize it for their educators. Ken Greene, assistant superintendent for support services in the Barrow County School…
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Students Strengthen Their Faith by Making Own Bible Study Group Due to COVID-19
It is Wednesday at 11:30 p.m., and five students gather on Zoom for their own faith community. Charese Hammond leads a prayer to start off the Bible study group on that mid-November night. They say amen, and then Toni Smith, a fellow University of Georgia student, starts the discussion of…