Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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The Season That Never Ends: Cornhole ATL Welcomes Athens Competitors Year-round
The game cornhole dots the Athens landscape every Saturday during football season, but the rest of the year, it can be hard to find. One organization is working to change that. Jeff Brawand, an Ohio native looking for a way to keep playing his favorite game in a new city,…
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Georgia Supreme Court: Refusing to Submit to DUI Test Can’t be Used in Trial
…Your refusal to submit to the required testing may be offered into evidence against you at trial. This is part of what drivers hear from officers while being read Georgia’s implied consent notice. Now, this statement will have to be reconsidered, after the Georgia Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to…
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Student Chefs at Jackson County High School Develop New School Lunch Menu Option
Four Jackson County Comprehensive High School students developed a recipe for a black bean burger. This is just one step to include more plant-based food options on their school lunch menu. Plant-based foods do not contain any animal products. They come from plants including vegetables, fruits, seeds and legumes. The…
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Home in Statham Destroyed by Fire
A fire that is believed to have started in a chimney caused major damage to a home in the 2400 block of Peace Circle in Statham on Feb. 20. The two individuals and cat living in the house managed to evacuate the home without any injuries, according to Barrow County…
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UGA Student Catches Coyote On Video On East Side of Athens
A University of Georgia student couldn’t believe what he saw when he spotted a coyote off International Drive on Saturday afternoon. Hunter Smith was driving on the east side of Athens near the University Veterinary Medical Center when he spotted a large and unfamiliar animal. “I saw what I thought…
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First-Time Girl Wrestler from Jackson County Places Third in State Championship
When one of Bre Lumley’s teachers told her she should join Jackson County High School’s new all-girls wrestling team, she was skeptical. “If you had asked me this time last year if I was going to be wrestling, I would have said you were crazy,” Lumley said. Yet, she decided…
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‘Feeling of Accomplishment’: Athens’ Beep Baseball Set to Begin Its 2019 Season
One local organization gives area residents with visual impairments the chance to participate in the national pastime: baseball. Roger and Kim Keegan founded Athens Inclusive Recreation and Sports (AIRS) in 2011. Roger focuses on the AIRS beep baseball program, which is set to begin their season next month. “I started…
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Athens-Clarke Attorney’s Office Allows Residents to File Complaints About Discrimination
The Athens-Clarke County Commission passed an ordinance in November 2016 to allow individuals to file complaints of alleged discrimination in bars with the Athens-Clarke County Attorney’s office. This complaint filing process, however, has not been widely used over the past three years. This ordinance came after alleged discriminatory bar practices in downtown…
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Why UGA Doesn’t Have Emergency Blue Lights
Have you ever seen emergency blue lights as you’ve walked around a college campus? Well, the University of Georgia doesn’t have them. Greg Trevor, the executive director of media communications for the University of Georgia, said UGA “was one of the first campuses across the nation to install emergency call…
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Facebook Post Strikes Up Conversation About Speed On Oglethorpe County Roads
A Facebook post caused a robust discussion after the Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Department placed a request to change speed limits throughout the area on roads that are marked incorrectly or not marked at all. The request showed county and state owned roads, but the problem mostly lies with the county…