Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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Barrow County Parents Charged With Child Abuse While 4-Month-Old Is In Hospital
A Barrow County father was arrested March 28 for abusing his 4-month-old boy, according to the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office. The next day, the mother was arrested for child cruelty. Police said the child is doing “okay” despite having more than 20 broken bones. On March 28, the Barrow County…
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Half Of All Inmates are Mentally Ill, So Why Are They In Jail?
Just to be clear, if you’re in jail, chances are you are accused or have been convicted of committing a crime. What may not be clear is whether you suffer from mental illness. On Tuesday, March 19, a Georgia appellate judge told a room full of criminal justice students, civil…
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Use of Death Penalty in Georgia is Declining
Georgia jurors have not handed down a death sentence in the past five years as the prevalence of capital punishment in the state continues to decrease. Not only are juries supporting the death sentence less often, prosecutors aren’t seeking it nearly as much either. Over the past two decades, prosecutors…
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Athens Masonic Association to Host Event to Help Restore Historic Reese Street School
Marvin Nunnally, the chairman of the Athens Masonic Association, is working with the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation to raise money for the restoration of the 105-year-old Reese Street school building. The Athens Masonic Association bought the building in 1968 and uses some rooms in the building to hold meetings. They have…
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Use of Unpaid Inmate Labor Scrutinized in Athens-Clarke County
On March 22, Athens for Everyone released a statement reaffirming their position against unpaid inmate labor in Athens-Clarke County. The group contends that the city should pay people to do the jobs that inmates are doing for free. In a work session on March 20, ACC’s mayor and commission discussed…
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House Bill 282: Changes in Law Enforcement Protocol Dealing with Sexual Assaults
A bill passed by the Georgia legislature will increase the amount of time police must hold on to sexual assault evidence. Now, when victims go to police, investigators must maintain evidence for 30 years after an arrest or seven years after time served. In Your Community The Athens-Clarke County Police…
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Food for Fines Program Allows Trade Off: Canned Goods for Relief on Parking Tickets
The University of Georgia Student Government Association has made a way for you to get out of paying for a parking ticket by donating canned goods. SGA is partnering with transportation and parking services at the university, and the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, for a new initiative called Food…
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Couture a la Cart: Fashion Merchandising Students Gain Entrepreneurial Experience
Fifteen specially selected UGA students are combining their love of fashion with their desire to be business owners. The retail entrepreneurship class allows them to gain real-world experience running their own business—out of a traveling golf cart. The goal is for the business to turn a profit that would go…
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Watkinsville Increases Traffic Violation Fines by 50 Percent
Fines for traffic violations in the city of Watkinsville, Ga., have increased by 50 percent beginning April 1. A revised fine system was proposed by the municipal court system and approved by the city council. The previous fines were set in 2010. According to Watkinsville officials, they were outdated and…
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The Lead: Hayden Field on How Success Happens
The Lead is a podcast hosted and produced by Charlotte Norsworthy in the Cox Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management & Leadership at the University of Georgia. We talk about how to get ahead in the media industry by interviewing the people who did. Here we are at the end of…