Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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GA Senate to consider bill aimed to keep felons from getting guns
Legislative Bill 48 is now assigned to a committee in the GA Senate. The bill does not allow convicted felons to apply for their gun rights to be restored. Reporter Mallory Blount talks to Senator Vincent Fort and gun owner Gray Downs about their opinion on the subject.
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Mike “Big Dawg” Woods in surgery at Athens Regional
Athens, Ga.– UGA fan “Big Dawg” is in surgery right now at Athens Regional. The procedure began at 8:30am this morning. Stay tuned for updates on his condition.
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First day for new Athens Academy head football coach
Athens, Ga.– Josh Alexander is the new head football coach for Athens Academy. Alexander tells our reporter Alison Menhart about his first day.
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UGA researchers successfully test new rabies treatment on mice
Athens, Ga.– UGA researchers are testing new rabies treatment on mice. Reporter Taylor Biscotti interviewed UGA Professor of Pathology Dr. Zhen Fu about this new research.
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UGA celebrating 230th birthday today at Tate Plaza
Athens, Ga.– The UGA Student Alumni Association is celebrating UGA’s 230th birthday at Tate Plaza. One Student Alumni Association Member Sarah Emmanuel told us what we can expect at the big celebration today.
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BREAKING NEWS:
The bodies of a couple from Cobb county were found an hour ago. Budd and June Runion went missing last Thursday. They were headed to purchase a vintage car in McRae from a man on Craigslist. Telfair county sherrif, Chris Steverson is confident the man they have in custody was…
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Cedar Shoals High Schoolers Choose Their Career Path
Athens, Ga.– Grady Newsource 15 reporter Kimberly Johnson spoke with a Cedar Shoals nine-grader about the school’s new initiative to have students choose a career path. This comes after House Bill 186 was passed in 2011, requiring all public high school students in Georgia to pick an area of interest…
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Could UGA have Gender-Inclusive Housing Soon?
Athens, Ga.– Georgia State University announced that male and female students will be allowed to share a dorm room this fall. The university says gender-inclusive housing came after a decade of request form siblings, opposite-sex friends, and LGBT students wanting to live together. UGA’s LGBT Resource Center says that having…
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Cedar Shoals Senior Says Basketball Coach is Like a Father Figure
Athens, Ga.-- Keyuntay Caldwell is a senior on the Cedar Shoals basketball team and says L'Dreco Thomas is more than a head coach. Thomas has been at the helm for the Jaguars for almost five seasons and helped the team defeat its rival Clarke Central High School this past Saturday.
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Learn How to Start Your Own Blood Drive Campaign
January is National Blood Donor Month and American Red Cross supporters are starting a brand new campaign. It's called Sleeves Up and its the first website that creates a virtual blood drive. \n