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Athens-Clarke County
UNO “Will Not Meet Goal” for Parkinson’s Research
The UGA Undergraduate Neuroscience Organization (UNO) raised over a thousand dollars this weekend in their annual Party for Parkinson’s event, but the president of UNO is not too happy with the outcome. Their goal this year is $3,500, but on Saturday, during the Party for Parkinson’s event, they only raised $1118. There had been…
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Athens-Clarke County
Bigger Lead, Bigger Reward: New Evidence Advances Murder Case
Athens, Ga- Georgia Bureau Investigation links gun to the shooting scene resulting in the death of Breana Jeree Blackwell, 23. Even with the gun linked to to scene, ACCPD cannot prove that the 7 suspects were at the scene of the crime. Police are still offering a $10,000 reward…
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Athens-Clarke County
Lunch Bites
Quick news bites to consume while you’re eating lunch. Today’s menu features: \t Tax Day \t Oconee Fire Department \t Earth Week Today’s the day, Tax Day is finally here. Despite today being the last day to get income taxes sent to the IRS, one Athens post office has seen a…
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Athens-Clarke County
Should Trump and Sanders’ Success Be Surprising?
ATHENS- NPR’s Marilyn Geewax says that a foundational understanding of the economy is essential to being a journalist – and it can also help explain why presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have had more success than many pundits expected. “The economy can help explain a lot of the…
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Athens-Clarke County
2 Arrested After Firearms Incident
ATHENS- Athens residents Taveon Stevens and Vantrec Ballard were arrested Wednesday in connection to an April 10th incident at Rolling Ridge Apartments involving firearms, according to an Athens-Clarke County Police media release. Members of the Police Department’s Crime Supression Unit located and arrested Stevens and Ballard on April 13th. Stevens…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Gains 4,000 Jobs Over Past Year
Athens has experienced a net gain of approximately 4,000 jobs over the past year. That translates to an increase of 4.5% since March 2015. The figures come from new employment data released by the Georgia Department of Labor on Thursday. The new data also revealed that unemployment in the state…
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Athens-Clarke County
Gun Violence Influences Gang Violence in Athens
This morning Tomara Lowe pleased not guilt to six counts of aggravated assault and two counts of firearm possession in a crime amongst other charges. Lowe, an alleged member of the “2 Tuff” gang. Athens Clarke-County police department says the problem with gangs just got worse. Officers believe this is because of one…
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Athens-Clarke County
Dawg Tag Day: An Auburn-Borrowed Tradition May Become UGA tradition
Athens, GA–Hey Day, a more than seventy-year old tradition at Auburn, was rebranded into University of Georgia’s first Dawg Tag Day. Dawg Tag Day looked like a campus-wide ‘meet and greet’ with students making name tags and conversing with other students they did not know. Eight UGA organizations (Student Government Association,…
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Athens-Clarke County
Celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunications Week
Interviewed officials are from the Oconee County Sheriffs’ Office and from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department. By: Fernanda Perez
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Athens-Clarke County
Gang Violence Not Tied to Location
According to Sergeant Maleug of the Athens Clarke-County Police Department, gang violence in Athens can’t be pinned down to certain neighborhoods or crime hot spots. Sergeant Maleug says that one thing the department knows about gang members is that they don’t always stay in the same place. “Sometimes they’re hard to…