Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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High Speed Rail Route Proposed Between Athens and Atlanta
The Georgia Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration are taking public comment on three proposed high-speed rail routes from Charlotte to Atlanta, with one of the routes passing through Athens, Georgia. The Georgia DOT created an Alternatives Development Report recommending the three routes for further analysis. Proposed Routes…
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Officer-Involved Shooting in Athens-Clarke County Remains Under Investigation
The Athens-Clarke County Police Department has released the body camera footage from the officer-involved shooting in Athens on Oct. 14. On Oct. 14, Athens-Clarke County police were called to the 100 block of Chalfont Drive in Athens for a “suspicious person involving a female who was said to be armed…
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Oconee County Murder Suspect Is Apprehended In Mexico
A fourth suspect was taken into custody in Mexico City for the July murder of a 19-year-old Oconee County resident. Dallas McCabe is now in the Oconee County Jail after being extradited over the weekend from Mexico. “He ran. He did a pretty good job of hiding. Nonetheless, he’s on…
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Out and Proud: LGBTQ+ Community Makes Voice Heard in Drag Shows, Athens PRIDE
“Everyone has an origin story. Be thankful for it.” That’s what Tommy Anderson said about his experience within the drag scene in Athens. For decades, Athens has seen drag queens from all over come and go, awing crowds with their dramatic performances. Many drag queens in the Classic City perform…
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UGA Exhibit Breaks Down South’s Past Involvement with Convict Labor
An exhibit at University of Georgia Special Collection’s Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library is now displaying the lesser-known history of convict labor in the South. The New South and New Slavery: Convict Labor in Georgia exhibit houses pictures, documents, artifacts and a video explaining the region’s chain gang…
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Moving to Digital: UGA Libraries Partner with Google Books
Print textbooks may be something of the past. The University of Georgia Libraries will partner with Google Books to change 120,000 works from print to digital. In total, the University of Georgia Libraries has a collection of 4.5 million works. With apps like Amazon Kindle and Nook, people already…
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Veterinarian Urges Owners to Do Their Research on Vegan Dog Food
Brown rice, peas, carrots, spinach, potatoes. Throw in a little seasoning, and it sounds good, right? It’s actually an ingredient list for a type of dog food. Notice anything missing from that list? That’s right—there’s no meat. That was a list of common, main ingredients in vegan dog food, a…
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Is It Worth It? Can You Work It? Students Weigh Option of Unpaid Internships
For eight hours a day, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., KB Bass worked lifting piles of heavy clothes and rushing to be on location to assist at photoshoots for companies like Ulta. Bass spent the majority of summer days in Manhattan, New York, running errands back and forth on…
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Former Escaped Oconee County Jail Inmate is Now Parole Eligible
A larger discussion of parole for inmates serving life sentences began recently in response to a text post on the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page about Aaron Wright’s parole eligibility last Thursday. For background, most inmates become eligible for parole after serving at least one-third of their prison sentence.…
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Democratic Debate Coming to Georgia: Expert Says State May Turn Purple
The fourth Democratic presidential debate happened last night in Westerville, Ohio, but the fifth, on Nov. 20, will be held in Georgia. Why Georgia? Georgia has a strong potential to become purple state, according to University of Georgia Political Science Professor Charles Bullock. This is due to the close gubernatorial…