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Food
Hunger Action Month Brings Awareness to Hunger in Community
https://youtu.be/CYZ-Zen1qEs Twelve million pounds, that sounds like a lot of food, but the Food Bank of North East Georgia says, that still is not enough. In the North-East Georgia area, one in four people struggle with hunger, compared to one-in-five in the entire state. The food bank of North-East Georgia,…
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Athens-Clarke County
Art Project to Be Added to Greenway
https://youtu.be/RREvW8Oalp8 The Athens-Clarke County Commission has approved a project to make beautiful Greenway Trail even prettier. That’ll be done by adding art to the trail, giving cyclists and joggers even more to look at. The commission approved the sixty-thousand dollar project on a seven to three vote. Commissioner Diane Bell…
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Athens-Clarke County
Zika on the Rise while Congress Argues
https://youtu.be/GIm9F7wUNiM In the Athens, Georgia District there are six confirmed cases of Zika. The cases are traveled related and not locally contracted. However last night an opportunity to fund the fight against Zika was on the table in Congress. The vote on the 1.1 billion dollar funding bill failed 52…
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Athens-Clarke County
Lawyer: Cedar Shoals Rape Case Will Likely Go To Trial Next Year
https://youtu.be/MLyThqkTCRw ATHENS, Ga. — Three former Cedar Shoals students will stand trial for felony rape, false imprisonment and child molestation, among other things, sometime next year, according to their lawyer. All three — Javious Collins, Xavier Clarke and Markel Bannon — pled not guilty to those charges. An incident report…
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UGA
UGA Groups Pay Homage to 15-year Anniversary of 9/11
The 15th anniversary of 9/11 is still four days away, but several groups on the University of Georgia campus are already paying tribute to the people that lost their lives in 2001. Laid out on the west lawn right next to the Tate Student Center are 299 flags, representing the…
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Northeast Georgia News
Search Warrant Issued for Oconee County Murder Investigation
https://youtu.be/-MxrXPnkjV4 Sheriff Scott Berry announced that the vehicle used in the murder of Rendell Cunningham, has been returned to the Sheriff’s Office in Oconee County. A search warrant was issued on the vehicle for the investigation of the murder of Cunningham, which happened in Oconee County late August. The search…
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Athens-Clarke County
Update: Student Arrested for Child Porn
According to the linkedin page of Sang Don Nam he is a University of Georgia Resident Hall Assistant. Nam was arrested September 1st on 22 counts of Child Pornography. He posted $22,000 bond on September 2. The Athens Clarke-County Police Department ‘s incident report states that the GBI ICAC taskforce…
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Sports
Rio Diaries for Grady Sports: Bem vindo ao Brasil
Two planes, two continents and an overnight flight later, I finally made it to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Paralympic Games! There are four former University of Georgia students competing in this year’s games. Current UGA volunteer track coach Jarryd Wallace will be competing in athletics, Lindsay Grogan in…
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Athens-Clarke County
University of Georgia Student Hit By Bus
Earlier today, around 12:30 p.m., a University of Georgia East Campus Express bus hit a student riding her bike on East Campus Road. Reporters on the scene witnessed surrounding students helping the injured female who sat on the sidewalk while waiting for paramedics and police officials. After police officials and…
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Athens-Clarke County
Congress Heads Back to Session: 3 Things to Know
ATHENS, Ga — Congressman Jody Hice of Georgia’s 10th District heads back to work on the hill today. One bill he’s sponsoring pushes to close a loophole that allows convicted sex criminals to avoid placement on sex offender registries. The Track Reoffending Alien Criminals Act requires “unlawfully present alien sex offenders” to be registered on the…