Tag: athens
All-Seeing Eyes: Surveillance Tech is Getting More Efficient
For some, it comforts them to know that if someone in their community commits ...
Sports Reducing Youth Crime Becomes a Reality
Not everyone will be able to keep away from crime but with sport programs ...
Number of Georgia Offenders Returning to Prison Decreasing
The Georgia Department of Corrections reports that 30 percent of Georgians with criminal backgrounds get reconvicted ...
UGA Criminal Justice Program Changes Everything You Know About the ‘Typical’ Student
For spring 2019, 15 University of Georgia students spent their semester inside the Athens-Clarke ...
‘For It Not To Look the Same, It Hurts’: UGA Students Devastated After Tornadoes Hit Their Communities
As Alabama and Georgia residents pick up the pieces from Sunday’s devastating tornadoes, University ...
Pregnant Women in Georgia Face the Opioid Crisis
Georgia’s number of confirmed cases of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, a withdrawal condition babies may ...
Jury Trials Fade as Plea Bargains Remain The Norm Both Locally and Nationally
The public defender’s office for Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties handles thousands of cases in ...
Athens Police Adopt New Software To Help Locate 911 Calls
A new computer software has the potential to allow the Athens-Clarke County Police Department ...
UGA Pacemaker Program Gives Dogs a Second Chance
Agent Cooper, an 11-year-old husky, is thriving today thanks to his new pacemaker. He ...
Athens-Clarke County Library Becomes First Trauma-Informed Library In Georgia
The Athens-Clarke County Library and the University of Georgia School of Social Work have ...
The Season That Never Ends: Cornhole ATL Welcomes Athens Competitors Year-round
The game cornhole dots the Athens landscape every Saturday during football season, but the ...
Georgia Supreme Court: Refusing to Submit to DUI Test Can’t be Used in Trial
“…Your refusal to submit to the required testing may be offered into evidence against ...
