Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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UGA Soccer Heads to the SEC Tournament
The UGA Women’s Soccer team debuts in the SEC Tournament tonight at 7P.M. when it faces the 9th-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks. The Dawgs enter the tournament as an 8th-seed. The winner of the matchup will face the number one seed Texas A&M Aggies. UGA Soccer has appeared in the SEC Tournament…
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Big Senior Night for Jefferson City Football
Jefferson City continues its perfect season after its big night on Senior night this past Friday. The Jefferson City Dragons beat the Oconee County Warriors 28-16. The game began with a 64 yard kick return back to the house by Jefferson City’s Sammy Williams. The big plays continued as late…
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Weather Update
Temperatures will be slowly warming up towards the 70’s up until Thursday when a cold front will be expected to move in to Athens and bring a chill to the fall season. Today will be in the 60’s and tomorrow will head for the upper 60’s. Student meteorologist Molly…
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Water Conservation in Athens-Clarke County
Water seen here is often times overlooked as your typical drinking water. While levels are back to normal now, there was a time only a few years ago when rivers like this were barely flowing due to a drought. Athens Clark County has utilized strong conservation efforts alongside…
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Free Parking Possible For Black Friday
Athens Clarke County Commission will be voting tomorrow on whether or not to approve free parking downtown for Black Friday on November 28th. If approved, free parking will be available on that day only at the Washington Street parking deck as well as the street meters. Free parking will not…
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Milledge Avenue Baptist Pumpkin Sale
Milledge Avenue Baptist Church wrapped up its annual pumpkin sale on Friday. Reporter Michael Foo went to find out how the sale went, how much money they raised, and what they will do with the leftover pumpkins now that Halloween has come and gone.
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ESPLOST Voting
Barrow and Oconee County voters will be voting on an ESPLOST (Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) initiative tomorrow. If its not approved, property taxes could go up.
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The Heroic Luckey Teacher
Anne Luckey is a local first grade teacher at Oconee County Primary School. She is back in the classroom teaching while fighting the battle of breast cancer. She is a hero to her students and the community as she was raised in Oconee County herself and has been teaching in…
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Gurley Appeal Fails
Athens, GA- The NCAA announced Thursday evening that the Division-1 Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee upheld their previous ruling of suspending Georgia running back Todd Gurley for four games. Georgia filed an appeal Wednesday to try and reduce the NCAA’s disciplinary measures for their star running back, but to no avail. Gurley will be…
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All Work, No Play Proves Negative Impacts
Athens, GA- All work and no play proves to be bad for individuals’ well being. A new University of Georgia study shows that workaholism tends to produce negative impacts for employers and employees. The study called “All Work and No Play? A Meta-Analytic Examination of the Correlates and Outcomes of Workaholism”…