Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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Winterville Library Makes Noise for Funding With Concert Series
In places filled with books, you usually expect quiet, but not in Winterville. Through the month of October, people in Winterville, Georgia, gathered at the Front Porch Bookstore for a concert, but they weren’t just there for the music. Friends of the Winterville Library, a nonprofit dedicated to raising funds…
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Local Football Star Focused on Legacy Over Limelight
Jefferson, Georgia. isn’t necessarily known across the country as a hotbed for high school football talent. Malaki Starks is an exception. While he’s committed to play college football at the University of Georgia for Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs, Starks says he is first committed to his Jefferson High School…
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Schools’ Safe Havens: How Fine Arts Programs Inspire, Protect
For students who hate math, struggle with English and find football to be a bore, band class might be the only reason why they come to school — or it might be chorus, drama or ceramics. Fine arts programs in middle and high schools are often a safe haven for…
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Local Health Experts Expect More Severe Flu Season
Local health experts are concerned that we are entering a potentially severe flu season. After a slow 2019-20 flu season, the typical barrier of natural immunity may not be as strong. The 2019-20 flu season started with a slow increase of cases in the fall, a growing number in November…
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Digital Debris: How an App Is Changing the Trajectory of Athens’ Litter Abatement
Take a walk around your neighborhood: maybe to the closest busy intersection, maybe on the trail behind your house. What do you see? Likely, litter. Nearly eight billion people inhabit the Earth, so it’s difficult not to become desensitized to the growing presence of chip bags, plastic bottles and cigarette…
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Rain Gardens: How You Can Conserve Water in Your Own Backyard
Water pollution is just one of many environmental concerns affecting the state of Georgia. Harmful chemicals and toxic substances find their way into our lakes, streams, and oceans, jeopardizing the health of ecosystems around the state as well as human health. Even though this seems like a daunting issue, an…
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War Was Hell, So Was the Withdrawal: Local Vietnam, Afghanistan Veterans Reflect on Their Experiences
Car bombs. Air strikes. Burning flesh. Mangled bodies. The pop of an enemy’s weapon. Rubble clinging to the streets. The city wearing the smell of death like musty perfume. “I really don’t know how to describe it,” Shane Kozusko, an Afghanistan War veteran in Athens, said. “I mean, it’s just…
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2021 Northeast Georgia Election Results
The results from the 2021 Special Elections are in. Here is a breakdown of the SPLOST votes from each county and the mayoral races in the counties that held them. For full election results from each county, click on the links below. Athens-Clarke County Results Barrow County Results…
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UGA Alum, Former NFL Running Back Kregg Lumpkin Takes Over Training At Newton County Fire Department
Kregg Lumpkin has gone from catching footballs in college and in the NFL to catching hoses and oxygen tanks. Lumpkin now spends less time in stadiums and more time at Newton County’s firefighter training facility, where he’s recently earned the title of fire training chief. Lumpkin graduated from the University…
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New E-Vehicle Charging Stations Unveiled at Classic Center: Bringing Modernity to a Historic City
The Classic Center in Athens, Georgia, unveiled three new charging stations this Wednesday for e-vehicle owners to take advantage of while driving through downtown. Back in 2015, an e-vehicle charging station was installed on Thomas Street. Now, the Classic Center has installed three more charging stations in the parking lot in…