Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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Watch Preview of Grady Newsource’s Special Report on Georgia’s Undocumented Students
By Dillon Richards This week, Grady Newsource will air a special report on undocumented students in Georgia called “Unwanted: The Story of Georgia’s Undocumented.” Watch a preview below, and don’t miss the two-day special this Wednesday and Thursday.
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New CASA Volunteers Sworn In
More than a dozen children from Banks, Barrow, and Jackson County in the foster care system will now have an advocate to speak for them in court. These Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers will be paired with the children Thursday. However, 17 new advocates still will not provide one advocate for each…
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Ways to Help South Carolina’s Flood Victims
While the water has finally started to recede in South Carolina, the state still faces many challenges. Helping South Carolina is as easy as donating money, items, or even volunteering your time. To donate money, click the links below: https://acsdonate.maxgiving.com/pay/step_1 http://www.redcross.org/local/sc http://www.feedingamerica.org/?referrer=https://www.google.com/ http://www.harvesthope.org http://www.elca.org/Our-Work/Relief-and-Development/Lutheran-Disaster-Response/ https://pda.pcusa.org https://www.salvationarmycarolinas.org http://www.namb.net/dr/ http://www.umcor.org http://www.unitedway.org http://www.uwasc.org…
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Barrow County Approves Pay Raise for Teachers
By: Kara Murphy Some teachers in Barrow County will see a pay raise starting January 2016. The Barrow County Board of Education approved the Salary and Compensation Study Proposal on Oct. 8 to give pay raises to many Barrow County School System employees. This chart shows the former salary for teachers with a bachelors…
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Upcoming Events for Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month is still on the move, and here are two events you don’t want to miss: 1. 5th Latin Fest on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m hosted by the Pinewoods Library. There will be: \t Live music \t Traditional dance performances provided by Danza Tonalli, Danza…
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ICYMI: Citizens of Athens Can Now Privately Fund Sidewalks
On October 6th, Athens-Clarke County unified government voted for a plan that allows neighborhoods to fund building their own sidewalk.
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Stories to Watch: Oct. 8
– UGA will be playing its second away game on Saturday at Tennessee with the football season almost halfway over. Sports reporter Damian Reynolds says crowd noise will be a factor, but so will the song “Rocky Top.” – One Northeast Georgia non-profit organization is helping adults with special disabilities…
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Grady Newsource Profiles: Dawn Meyers
The Athens-Clarke County school district is working to keep kids in their seats this school year. Keeping kids in those seats isn’t just a problem of fidgeting kids, or keeping their attention — it’s a problem much bigger than that. Reporter Ann Drinkard profiles Dawn Meyers, Clarke County Director of…
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New Licensing Ordinance for Oglethorpe County
A new ordinance requires salesmen to acquire a license for door-to-door sales in Oglethorpe County. Without this license, a fine of up to $1000 per day per violation per individual participant is possible. This ordinance is not intended to stop sales. It hopes to decrease the number of people knocking…
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Public Funding of Sidewalks Approved
The waiting list for the county government to fix sidewalks in Athens is over five pages long. To help move this along, the Athens-Clarke County unified government has decided to allow private funding of sidewalks.