Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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Update: Gun Safety Advocates Urge State Legislature to Stop ‘Campus Carry’ Bill
ATLANTA-Emory University professors, a Georgia State student, elected state officials, religious leaders, and members of the GunSense Georgia Coalition and Outcry all joined forces to speak out against Georgia House Bill 859 at a press conference this morning at Central Presbyterian Church. Committees in the Georgia General Assembly are now…
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Consent Rally Held at Georgia Arch
A sexual consent rally took to the streets Saturday night at the UGA Arch in response to another rally that was supposed to meet there. Earlier in the week the “neomasculine” blog,” Return of Kings, gained international attention for proposing meetups around the world to promote men’s rights and their…
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Oconee County Commission Chairman to Retire
WATKINSVILLE — Oconee County Commission Chairman Melvin Davis will retire at the end of his term after 16 years of service on the board. “It’s been a great opportunity, [but] at some point in time you feel like you need to spend a little bit of time with yourself and…
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Cops Swarm Downtown Athens Looking for Underage Drinkers
Door staff members weren’t the only ones checking ID’s in downtown Athens, Georgia tonight. Agents of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) entered bars downtown verifying if the patrons were 21 or over with identification to prove it. Flanagan’s bar manager Andrew Davenport witnessed law enforcement personnel…
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Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems: VenMo Expanding Uses
Venmo, the peer-to-peer payment service operated by PayPal, has now become a payment platform after it opened up to third-party apps and services. The feature is as simple as it sounds. Venmo users can pay inside other apps using the service, much like they might shop and pay using a…
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Three Cedar Shoals Students Charged in Alleged Rape
Jaivious Malik Collins, 17, charged with rape and aggravated sodomy with force. Markel Dereek Brannon, 18 , charged with rape and aggravated sodomy with force. The third student is pictured in police supplied booking photos, but the police REPORT has not confirmed the name we have so we are not reporting it…
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CDC Releases New Report to Stop Women from Drinking
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new report Tuesday linking women who are alcohol users, sexually active, and not on birth control to an increased risk of disabilities in pregnancies. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism says “although drinking is illegal for anyone under…
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Georgia Restaurants Could Serve Alcohol Earlier After House Bill 535 Passes
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7PWxig8i74] Athens– The Georgia House Bill 535, known as the “Brunch Bill”, if passed, would allow all restaurants in Georgia to serve alcohol on Sundays beginning at 10:30 AM. The bill is called the Brunch Bill because restaurants will be able to serve alcohol at Sunday brunch.…
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AthFest Educates Awards Winter Grants for Music and Arts
ATHENS, Ga. – Athens has a legendary music scene, and its next batch of musicians is getting an early start, thanks to AthFest Educates, which is giving money to local school programs to support the music and arts. While bands at AthFest and runners at the AthHalf half-marathon provide plenty…
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‘Neo-Masculinist’ Blogger Holding International Meetup Day for Places in Georgia
ATHENS, GA — A self-styled “neo-masculinist” blogger who says men are superior to women and are being oppressed by feminism has launched an “International Meetup Day” Saturday in locations around the globe including the arch at the University of Georgia in Athens and Piedmont Park in Atlanta. He has even posted a…