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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Players Make Their Cases on Pro Day
ATHENS, Ga.-Today was the last day for all of UGA’s NFL Draft-eligible football players to join together and prove themselves to NFL head coaches, coordinators, scouts, and executives. Twenty players, mostly seniors, went through measurements and drills in the weight room and on the practice field in order to state their…
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Athens-Clarke County
UPDATE: Shooting Suspect At Large
ATHENS, Ga.- Athens-Clarke County Police are searching for a man who shot his wife while their three children were nearby. Courtney Jerrod Wiley, 30, is the suspect in a shooting that occurred Tuesday night at an Oak Hill Drive residence, according to a release this morning from the Athens-Clarke…
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Athens-Clarke County
UPDATE: Oconee Greenway Incident
ATHENS, Ga. – A male individual was removed from the North Oconee River on Tuesday after jumping in to flee from police, according to an incident report released by the UGA Police Department this morning. The report states that staff members in UGA’s Chicopee Complex, located on East Broad Street,…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens-Clarke County Officials to Propose Free Mass Transit Rides for Youth
ATHENS– Athens Transit will propose a new policy to the city tonight. The policy will allow for people aged five to seventeen to ride city buses for free during the summer. Students who attend school and work part-time through the Great Promise Partnership program would also be allowed to ride…
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Debate Team Stands Out
ATHENS–For the twenty-seventh year in a row, the UGA debate team has qualified for the annual National Debate Tournament. The tournament hosts the top sixty eight collegiate debate teams from around the country. This year, the Georgia Debate Union is the only one to have three freshmen to qualify. One of those freshmen,…
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA SGA Ticket Receives Mayor’s Endorsement
ATHENS– The University of Georgia Student Government Association officially began campaigning last night. Houston Gaines is the current SGA Vice President. Now he is running run next year’s President position on the Commit UGA ticket. He is the first UGA student to serve as Vice President before making the decision to…
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Athens-Clarke County
Students, Professors Take Action Against ‘Campus Carry’ Bill
ATHENS — Ink has not yet been drawn on Georgia House Bill 859, but students and professors at University of Georgia are making sure Governor Nathan Deal knows they are against the legislation.
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Athens-Clarke County
Lessons from a Congressman: John Barrow Speaks at UGA
John Barrow is smiling widely and walking with a spring in his step as he strolls into Baldwin Hall at exactly 10 a.m. on a cool February morning. It’s right before office hours and the tall, gray-haired teacher is carrying a leather briefcase and wearing old-fashioned sunglasses, dark-wash jeans, and a…
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Athens-Clarke County
Wick Prichard Makes an Impact as Middle School Gardener
A tall 38-year-old man with a wide brimmed straw hat and a wider grin walks through the front door of Clarke Middle School. He smiles and nods at the desk assistant who buzzes him in. Outside, a goat bleats at a rotting pile of compost taunting him from beyond his…
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Jim Flannery: Athens’ ‘King of Connections’
Like every great love story, it began with a girl. Seven years ago Jim Flannery, Co-Founder and Project Director of Four Athens, dropped everything to move to Athens, Georgia. “I was dating a girl,” taking a deep breath, “we lasted about a month after I got here,” he says with…