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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Offers Free Active Shooter Response Class
An Active Shooter Response class will take place tomorrow in Athens. The Athens Clarke County Police Department will host the free class tomorrow, February 8th at 9am and 1pm at the Athens Regional Library. The class will focus on strategies and plans for surviving a violent event. More information can…
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Athens-Clarke County
Northeast Georgia Sees Rise in Flu Cases
Athens, Ga.- There has been a rise in flu cases across Northeast Georgia. Georgia Horsley, a nurse practitioner for the Bulldog Urgent Care at the University of Georgia says that she has seen more students and people within the Athens community being tested positive for both influenza A and B.…
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Athens-Clarke County
Unicycle Guy Explains His Reasons for Riding, Encouraging Others
Campell Dixon is known on campus as the Unicycle guy. Many have seen him but nobody knows who he is and what drove him to do this unusual hobby. ” I see people taking pictures of me fairly often. I obviously know that I’m like a little bit of a…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Doesn’t Have Black Lives Matter Chapter
The Black Lives Matter movement began as an African American-centered political movement that arose following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin’s shooting. Today, it is a global activist network with over 40 chapters that respond to everything from President Trump’s first State of the Union address to Super…
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2017 Election
Grady Explains: How to Become Politically Involved as a Young Person
10 Ways to Become Politically Involved as a Young Person Currently many young people are getting strong opinions on both sides of the aisle about their political beliefs. People often turn to social media to voice their political opinions out there, but are unsure how else to get involved. Young…
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Uncategorized
Super Blue Blood Moon: What Is It, Where You Can See It
Tomorrow – Wednesday, January 31 – at approximately 6:48 am, Athens residents will be able to view a rare lunar eclipse. Although partial lunar eclipses happen quite frequently, onlookers can look forward to the emergence of a Super Blue Blood Moon during the eclipse, a sight that hasn’t…
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Athens-Clarke County
Police Investigate Shooting Death of Athens Woman
On 01/29/2018, officers were dispatched to a residence on Sartian Dr., in reference to a person shot. When the police arrived, they located a white female, Jennifer Jacobs, 22-year-old of Athens deceased in her bedroom from a gunshot wound to her chest. There were two other individuals in the residence…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens beloved WWII Veteran will be put to rest Friday at 11 a.m.
Athens businessman and World War II veteran Claude Williams Jr. has passed away at the age of 95. Williams earned many honors including the rank of captain of his 245th U.S. Army Infantry. The Athens community also remembers Williams for his leadership and successful business ventures. Williams founded Athens radio…
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Independent Record Labels on the Rise
By Devon Tucker Athens, Georgia is a town known for various alternative rock bands, but many of these groups would not be known without the hustle and bustle of numerous independent record labels. Independent record labels are on the rise in the global market and generated $6 billion in…
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Athens-Clarke County
Marketing as an Entrepreneur: Before and After Social Media
By Kelly Miller There are 2.46 billion active users on social media. Of those 2.46 billion, 40 percent follow their favorite brands on social media, according to the Global Web Index, a technology company providing audience-profiling data to marketers. Since the rapid rise of social media, beginning around 2010, business…