Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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Market In Pre-Owned Diabetic Strips Worries Experts
This article originally appeared in Georgia Health News. The small yellow yard signs began to appear this spring, seemingly overnight and without fanfare. They’re peppered across the parking lots of shopping centers and along the stretch of U.S. Route 78 that runs through downtown Athens. “WE BUY DIABETIC TEST STRIPS,” reads…
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The Changing Fight Against Property Crime in Athens
Imagine how weirded out you would feel if you left your home for a week, and came back to find out a stranger had been sleeping in your bed. “Weirded out” is probably the bare minimum reaction to such an invasion. Mary Kate Donahue and Lauren Linkowski used words like…
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Nutrition Education: A Key Component in Relieving Food Insecurity
Food is a basic necessity that 100 percent of people need and roughly 13 percent of people in the United States struggle to afford, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. In Athens-Clarke County, nearly 22 percent of the population struggles to afford food, according to Feeding America.…
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Local Organization Aims to Help Those with Substance Abuse Issues
The National Association of Drug Use and Health estimates that more than 19 million Americans suffer from a substance use disorder or drug addiction. Many of these people have been to jail or are currently incarcerated. There are organizations in Athens that help treat people struggling with substance abuse. The…
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‘Young Kings & Queens’—The Effects of Childhood Poverty in Athens
The city of Athens is home to the University of Georgia, a school known for its spirit, academics, and impressive athletics. The town is regarded as “one of the best college towns in America,” with its vibrant college life scene, football team and charming Southern feel. Go a little further…
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Seeing the Unseen Challenges that UGA First-Generation Students Face
The University of Georgia’s Division of Academic Enhancement states that “a first-generation college student is a student whose parents/guardian does not have a college degree.” As the first American-born daughter of Mexican immigrant parents, Amy Guzman-Reyes, 18, said she is amazed that she has the opportunity to attend the…
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Local Theater Participation Brings a Sense of Community
Between theater companies and theater facilities, Athens, Georgia, has a range of locations that contribute to the theatrical arts. (Infographic/Mary Martin Harper) ust when the people of Transylvania think the days of the Frankenstein family’s monsters are over, Frau Blücher and Igor’s cackling laugh take over the stage. The contagious…
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Athens Resident Turns Hobby into a Career
[flickr_set id=”72157708337252794″] Although working with kids makes Lindsey Warren “come alive,” the Athens resident says she recently made the tough decision to give up her teaching career to pursue life as a hobbyist. So over the last three years, she has created hand stamped jewelry in her home studio and…
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Mayor Kelly Girtz’s Office Advocates for Appropriate Purchasing Card Usage in Athens-Clarke County
Roughly 600 government-issued credit cards, or purchasing cards, are issued to various individuals and institutions within Athens-Clarke County Unified Government. Not one of them, however, belongs to the mayor. Mayor Kelly Girtz, sworn into office in January 2019, has not elected to have a purchasing card provided to him in…
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The Story of a Magazine’s Failing Fix: UGA’s Wally Butts and a Libel Case
Since September 2018, the second floor of the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library at the University of Georgia has been transformed into a sort of shrine for one of the university’s greatest football coaches: Coach Wally Butts. Jason Hasty, the UGA athletics history specialist, created this exhibit. He…