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Athens-Clarke County
Local Citizens Speak Out Against Opportunity School District
ATHENS, Ga — Opposition to Governor Deal’s Opportunity School District (OSD) proposal is uniting a few local Democrats and Republicans. CJ Amason, the Executive Director for the Foundation for Excellence in Public Education, has helped work in Athens with grassroots groups of bipartisan members…
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2016 Election
Early Voting Booth To Open At Tate Student Center
ATHENS, Ga– A new agreement between UGA’s Student Government Association and Athens’ Board of Elections will allow students to cast their ballots on campus. Any student living in Athens will be able to choose between voting in Athens-Clarke County or with an absentee ballot from their home town. In a press…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Music: 20 Years After New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Athens Music Hannah Zale Extended Interview North by North Extended Interview Vinyl Suns Extended Interview
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Athens-Clarke County
Marking 9/11: 15 Years Later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nROcq9IBEOo&feature=youtu.be A trip to New York right after the attacks led Bob Hart to create the 9/11 Memorial Trail. September 11, 2011 is a day remembered forever. Fifteen years have gone by and it still has a significant impact on the Athens community. This trail offers many artistic figures from local…
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Athens-Clarke County
Art Project to Be Added to Greenway
https://youtu.be/RREvW8Oalp8 The Athens-Clarke County Commission has approved a project to make beautiful Greenway Trail even prettier. That’ll be done by adding art to the trail, giving cyclists and joggers even more to look at. The commission approved the sixty-thousand dollar project on a seven to three vote. Commissioner Diane Bell…
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Athens-Clarke County
Zika on the Rise while Congress Argues
https://youtu.be/GIm9F7wUNiM In the Athens, Georgia District there are six confirmed cases of Zika. The cases are traveled related and not locally contracted. However last night an opportunity to fund the fight against Zika was on the table in Congress. The vote on the 1.1 billion dollar funding bill failed 52…
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Athens-Clarke County
Lawyer: Cedar Shoals Rape Case Will Likely Go To Trial Next Year
https://youtu.be/MLyThqkTCRw ATHENS, Ga. — Three former Cedar Shoals students will stand trial for felony rape, false imprisonment and child molestation, among other things, sometime next year, according to their lawyer. All three — Javious Collins, Xavier Clarke and Markel Bannon — pled not guilty to those charges. An incident report…
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Athens-Clarke County
Update: Student Arrested for Child Porn
According to the linkedin page of Sang Don Nam he is a University of Georgia Resident Hall Assistant. Nam was arrested September 1st on 22 counts of Child Pornography. He posted $22,000 bond on September 2. The Athens Clarke-County Police Department ‘s incident report states that the GBI ICAC taskforce…
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Athens-Clarke County
University of Georgia Student Hit By Bus
Earlier today, around 12:30 p.m., a University of Georgia East Campus Express bus hit a student riding her bike on East Campus Road. Reporters on the scene witnessed surrounding students helping the injured female who sat on the sidewalk while waiting for paramedics and police officials. After police officials and…
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Athens-Clarke County
Congress Heads Back to Session: 3 Things to Know
ATHENS, Ga — Congressman Jody Hice of Georgia’s 10th District heads back to work on the hill today. One bill he’s sponsoring pushes to close a loophole that allows convicted sex criminals to avoid placement on sex offender registries. The Track Reoffending Alien Criminals Act requires “unlawfully present alien sex offenders” to be registered on the…