Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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Directions to 2013 Farm Tour
Luke Bryan has changed locations for this year’s Athens-area Farm Tour, so we made a trip out there to make your trip easier this afternoon. From campus: Head east on Lexington Rd. towards the WalMart. After you pass the WalMart, you’ll continue on that road for almost 15 miles (about…
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Government Shutdown Impacts Real Estate Market
Federal home loans are out of the picture right now and that’s a big problem for many people looking to buy or sell a home. Reporter: Cory James
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Police Updates: October 2nd
The following are released arrests and burglaries in Athens-Clarke County from October 2nd: Arrests: Around 4:20pm, officers saw a vehicle being driven by a subject known to have a suspended license. Another officer was behind the vehicle and stopped it. Contact was made with the driver, MARIO JENNINGS, and he was…
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Survey of the Day: Government Shutdown
Comment below with your answers: 1) How has the government shutdown impacted you or your family? If so, how? 2) Have you contacted or considered contacting you US Congressman or Representative?
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Races coming up in Athens
For more information on the different races going on this month and in the future, you can go to http://www.runningintheusa.com/race/ListByCityRadius.aspx?City=Athens&State=GA to see all the different options open to you.
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Congressional Representatives Won’t Pick Up
No matter which congressional representative I called…the phone just rang and rang. Until of course– voicemail. Senator Saxby Chambliss’ voicemail said, “Due to the government shutdown, my office is performing only essential legislative operations with very minimal staff. Leave a message, they will check messages periodically.” We called. Left a…
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Words Fly in Washington
It’s day two of Government Shutdown and you should know soon if they’ll be a day three. At 5:30 tonight, President Obama is meeting with congressional leaders from both parties to create what White House officials are calling a “clean” bill to bring Congress back together. This is coming off a heated…