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Barrow County
Fire Kills Vietnam War Veteran, Destroys Barrow County Home
A 71-year-old veteran, Duane Downey of Bethlehem, Ga., died Monday morning when his house caught fire on the 300 block of Lokey’s Ridge Road. His family said he was a father, a grandfather, a motorcycle lover and a Vietnam War veteran. Downey survived the war and a severe motorcycle accident a…
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Jackson County
Judge Sherri Thurmond Smith, Jackson County, Dies
Jackson County Chief Magistrate Judge Sherri Thurmond Smith lost her battle with cancer last night. She originally contracted breast cancer in 2011 and then it re-apear in 2017 as lung cancer. Judge Sherri Smith was elected in 1994 and has been serving the Jackson county ever since. Judge Smith gained…
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Northeast Georgia News
Police Charge Watkinsville Man With Tinsley Death
Georgia State patrol says a Watkinsville man was charged today in the death of a UGA professor. Karen Tinsley was riding her bike in Oconee County when she was struck by a truck. 55-year-old Richard Poulnott is charged with: driving with an expired license second-degree vehicular homicide following too closely…
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Health
Flu Hitting Northeast Georgia Hard
Health officials in Georgia are worried about your health after a flu vaccine shortage and another flu-related death. Coweta County coroner Richard Hawk says that a 15-year old girl also died just after 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning. He says that the girl was a healthy teenager before she caught…
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Health
Opioid Deaths Increase in Northeast Georgia
Nearly 1000 people died of opioid overdoses in Georgia in 2016. That’s more than four times the overdose number a decade ago. Information compiled from the Georgia Department of Health shows the deaths relating to opioids has steadily increased since 1999. How you can help prevent opioid addictions: \t Talk to…
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Athens-Clarke County
Arrest Made in Connection to Florida Woman’s Death
UPDATE 9/5: Florida police have made an arrest in the death of a Florida woman. The sheriff’s office in Ocala, FL says Alexander Devanna was arrested at a campground and is being held in the Marion County Jail without bond. He is awaiting extradition to Georgia. A sheriff’s spokeswoman told us…
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Barrow County
Investigation Update: Barrow County Deadly Plane Crash
UPDATE 3/2 10:23 p.m. – A preliminary report released Thursday into a plane crash that killed two people last month in Barrow County reveals “no evidence of any inflight structural failure.” The report from the National Transportation Safety Board adds that the NTSB is still in possession of the wreckage…
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Football Coach, Athletic Director React to Former Player’s Death in Fire
MONROE, Ga.,-Former University of Georgia defensive end (2003-2006) and Miami Dolphins linebacker (2007-2010), Quentin Moses, died Sunday morning in Walton County. 31- year-old Andrea Goddard and her 10-year-old daughter, Jasmine Goddard, were also killed in the fire. According to police reports via the Walton Tribune, Monroe firefighters were called to…
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Athens-Clarke County
Woman Flees Home Due to Street Violence
By: Katya Riedlinger One woman* came home to a home full of bullet holes and damage due to a shootout in her neighborhood. The scene was a nightmare to the homeowner, her neighbors and innocent bystanders who fell victim to the violence. This homeowner decided not to take any chances with…
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Athens-Clarke County
Fatal Accident Victim Identified
ATHENS — The victim has been identified as 51-year-old Perry Ponder of Hodges Mill Road in Watkinsville.