Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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Local Makeup Organization to Help With Costs of Prom Makeup
It’s prom season, but costs can overshadow excitement. The first and only University of Georgia makeup organization, Glam Dawgs, has decided to get some “prom-goers” looking their best…for less. With social media on the rise, prom is now one of the hottest events of the year. Photos and videos are…
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Comer Bypass Now Open
The Comer bypass in Madison County is open…after more than a 40 year wait. “I was seven years old when this started, but to have come this far and be the mayor now, and then to have my parents here, that’s just really special,” said Comer Mayor Jody Blackmon. After…
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Camps Address ‘Summer Slide’ With Enrichment
Reporter Sabrina Burse has more on the story:
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Believe Wins SGA Election
Believe is the first all-Black executive ticket to win UGA’s Student Government Association’s election. Although a Black President and Vice President were elected in 1993, the ticket did not include a Treasurer. The Believe campaign received more than four thousand votes from students – a number which, in part, helped…
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Updates on Georgia General Assembly’s Final Legislative Day
Today is the last day of the 2018 Georgia Legislature, also known as Sine Die. The capitol is filled with lawmakers working to get their bills passed before midnight. If the bills aren’t passed today, they will be tabled until next year. Here’s a look at what’s happened at the…
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New Emojis Proposed to Represent People With Disabilities
On March 23, Apple submitted 13 new emojis to the non-profit corporation Unicode Consortium, the organization that reviews the requests for new emoji characters. According to the proposal, the emojis will include a guide dog, a person with a white cane, a deaf sign, an ear with a hearing aid,…
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Best Grad Pic Spots on UGA’s Campus
Graduation is a month away! Still looking for the perfect place to get some graduation photos? Here’s a list of some of the best spots UGA has to offer: \t The Arch Even the most well-known spots on campus can be made into creative backdrops! Try different angles for…
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Traffic Alert: Lane Change on Mars Hill Road
Starting this afternoon, March 29, there will be a traffic switch to both sides of Mars Hill Road. Until further notice, there will only be one lane on each side of the road. Updates will be posted as the story develops.
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UGA Student Competes on Wheel of Fortune
Like most college students, Jordan Sollie has dreams. One of them involves Vanna White and a Wheel of Fortune, and it just came true. He’s been applying to reality television shows since he was 11 years old. He has applied for America’s Got Talent, season fourteen of American Idol and…
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Chinese Satellite Expected to Fall This Weekend
The entire sky isn’t falling, but a Chinese satellite is expected to fall sometime this weekend. “What people don’t know is that they have no idea where this will come down,” Cotton says. The satellite is the size of a small car, and Cotton says it will probably burn…