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UPDATE: Armed Robbery
After speaking with the Athens Clarke County police, it has been made clear that the incident occurred on Oglethorpe Avenue, not on a UGA campus. According to the University of Georgia Police Department’s timely warning update, there was an armed robbery near the Health Sciences campus, during which shots were fired.…
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Athens-Clarke County
Officials: Taxpayers Should Remain on “High Alert” to Prevent More Losses to IRS Impersonators
ATHENS-The Athens-Clarke County Police Department has cautioned taxpayers to remain on alert as April 15th, the filing deadline for U.S. federal income tax, approaches. IRS scams have taken over half a million dollars from Georgia residents since October 2013. An official for the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, or TIGTA, said in an…
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Athens-Clarke County
Kidnapped, Shot UGA Student Tells His Story
RICHMOND HILL, Ga.-“Many of them landed inches away from me…One bullet…it could’ve broken the skin and hit my heart. I was that close.” UGA student Trey Collins described his close call with death for the first time with WTOC in Savannah yesterday. Collins, 19, was kidnapped and shot multiple times…
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Athens-Clarke County
Bar Crackdown Scares Bartenders, Patrons
Athens is still buzzing about a Georgia Department of Revenue raid in 26 bars downtown last weekend. No formal arrests were made, but 11 citations were issued to individuals for underage drinking. Administrative citations could be issued to bars found out of compliance with the law as well. William Gaston,…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Junior League Sponsors ‘Little Black Dress’
The Junior League of Athens is raising awareness for local poverty. The organization is using a new tactic, a little black dress. Participants in the event wear a black dress for 5 straight days, along with a button that says “ask me about my little black dress.” They hope the button…
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Athens-Clarke County
Northeast Georgia Under Winter Advisory
The National Weather service has put the majority of North Georgia under a winter weather advisory. Residents in the area in the northeast area of Georgia can expect snow flurries and light snow showers from Monday morning through Wednesday afternoon. The highest snow accumulation will occur in the mountains of northeast Georgia…
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Athens-Clarke County
Downtown Academy Library Improvements
Local Private School, Downtown Academy, receives about $3,000 in grant money to fund library upgrades. Athens, GA — First Book UGA and ASHA of Education UGA will upgrade and organize Downtown Academy’s library for inter-city school. Downtown Academy’s parent, Downtown Ministries Inc., provides some of the funding for Downtown Academy from…
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Athens-Clarke County
Fleming Trial Update
Jury selection in a murder trial began today. Two Athens youths, Telvin T. Fleming and Tyrique Watson, are both charged with murdering an Athens teenager in a drive-by shooting almost two years ago. Jury selection is expected to be finished by this afternoon and the trial will begin tomorrow.
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Athens-Clarke County
One Man in Custody, One on Run
One suspect is in police custody after a planned attack on a pizza delivery man Friday. Athens-Clarke County Police Department have been identified Christopher Burnett, 16 and Termedric Faust, 32 as the two men responsible for the robbery and assault of Robert Collins. Collins is a Papa Johns pizza delivery man and…
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Consent Rally Held at Georgia Arch
A sexual consent rally took to the streets Saturday night at the UGA Arch in response to another rally that was supposed to meet there. Earlier in the week the “neomasculine” blog,” Return of Kings, gained international attention for proposing meetups around the world to promote men’s rights and their…