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Northeast Georgia News
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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Athens-Clarke County
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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Athens-Clarke County
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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Northeast Georgia News
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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Barrow County
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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Northeast Georgia News
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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Athens-Clarke County
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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High School Sports
High School Football Fans May Be Gone This Weekend
Athens, GA- High school teams may not get all the support from their fans tomorrow night. North Oconee High School and Prince Avenue Christian School’s football teams both have games Friday night, but because of Halloween and Georgia-Florida, many people might not show up. However, the teams say they aren’t too worried about…
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UGA
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”…
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Athens-Clarke County
Proposal Suggests Changing Downtown Parking
Athens, GA- Swerving around parked vehicles sticking out in the street is dangerous, and this is a danger that the Athens Downtown Development Authority wants to change. Athens-Clarke County Board of Commisions has received a proposal to change parking downtown. They’re trying to prohibit vehicles over 17 feet long from parking on Broad…