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Kirby Smart still has plenty of hunger to coach entering ninth season with Georgia football
DALLAS—In a mostly empty main media room of the Omni Dallas hotel more than hour and a half before he took the stage for SEC Media Days, Kirby Smart sat down Tuesday on an ESPN set to talk live to host Mike Greenberg in New York. Greenberg had spent...
Mayor and Commission Meetings Move Back to City Hall and Enhanced Security
New security measures mean Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission will take place inside City Hall. Mayor Kelly Girtz addressed the need for the changes. “As we can see, in our home here in City Hall in Athens or certainly as we’ve seen incidents like...
UGA Football DB Malaki Starks Talks About Kirby Smart's "Intensity"
DALLAS - UGA football DB Malaki Starks met with reporters at SEC Media Days about the 2024 Georgia Bulldogs. MALAKI STARKS: It's crazy, we've got a count down clock in the weight room, and I looked at it the other day, and it was like 80 something days and now it's like 40 something. So it's crazy.
Look inside: UGA president's historic home listed for $5.12 million
The distinguished Athens residence of the president of the University of Georgia has hit the market for $5.12 million.Why it matters: 570 Prince Avenue, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is being offered for sale for the first time.Catch up quick: Built in 1857, this colonial-style landmark has been the official residence for UGA presidents since 1949 when it was purchased by the University System of Georgia with funds donated to UGA for that purpose. Seven presidents have lived there over the past 70-plus years.Athens-Clarke County tax assessor records show the property is worth over $5.5...
Athens, GA Officials Considering Changes to Trash Collection that Might End Options to Self-Haul
An Athens-Clarke County Commission committee is considering whether to recommend changes to trash collection in the area outside the old Athens city limits as an upcoming action item for the full commission. Those changes could see some residents in the county’s General Service District, formerly unincorporated Clarke County, lose their currently preferred private trash hauler. Additionally, the proposed changes could mean the end of self-hauling by residents who take their own household trash to the Athens-Clarke County landfill.
New Piedmont Urgent Care in Monroe now open
Piedmont Urgent Care, Monroe, Ga. Contributed photo. Monroe, Ga. (July 9, 2024) – There’s now a new and convenient health care option in Monroe for people looking for treatment for minor illnesses and injuries. Located at the Monroe Pavilion shopping center, Piedmont Urgent Care opened its 73rdlocation July...
Alumnus leaves $1.5M estate gift to UGA
The University of Georgia has announced a gift of $1.5 million from the estate of the late Joshua W. Jones, Grady College alumni and distinguished professional in the field of political communications. $1 million of the endowment will benefit the School of Public and International Affairs, with the remaining $500,000...
ACC Board of Elections to Consider Measure to Dissuade Voter Registration Challengers
The Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections met Monday afternoon to discuss changes to the procedures that deal with voter registration challenges. Several members of the board worried that excessive numbers of challenges would bog down their already beleaguered work force. Paving the Way for Voter Registration Challenges. In Georgia, voters...
UGA Expert Says Athens’ Heat Island Does More Than Block Storms—It Threatens Lives
There’s an interesting phenomenon that happens in Athens. If you’ve lived here for a while, you might have noticed it. We’ll be looking at the weather radar, see a big storm west of us, moving through Atlanta, and then when it gets close to Athens … nothing. The storm skirts around us somehow.
Breaking: Body found in a car at the car wash on Spring Street in Monroe
MONROE, GA (July 15, 2024) – Monroe Police Chief R.V. Watts confirmed that on Monday the body of a female was located in a car parked in front of the the car wash on Spring Street in Monroe. The car was seen by witnesses surrounded by crime scene tape before the coroner’s van arrived on the scene.
JENNIE: RRE Reading Rangers want to keep kids engaged in reading over summer break
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)– A recent study ranks Georgia #42 in the nation with a literacy rate of 76%. And the results of last year’s Georgia Milestones test suggest more than a third of the state’s 3rd-graders are reading below grade level. The GA legislature has passed two bills to try and help: one requiring schools […]
DNR survey: Eagle nesting strong in state
SOCIAL CIRCLE — Chalk up another solid season for bald eagles nesting in Georgia. Annual surveys by the state Department of Natural Resources rated nest success for the national bird above average in most areas checked, according to survey leader Bob Sargent. “The findings were even better than last year’s good results,” Sargent said. “That’s most encouraging when you consider the beating that nesting coastal eagle took in 2022 because...
Ga. teens spend break in lab preparing for STEM careers
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A group of Georgia high schoolers are not spending their summer at the pool like many of their other friends. They are spending eight weeks in a laboratory doing chemistry research. Organizers of the program said they are gearing up for careers in STEM.
Have you seen her? Police in Georgia searching for 14-year-old girl not seen in more than a year
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Above video: Your Tuesday headlines. Police in Georgia need your help finding a missing teenage girl. Taylor Brown, 14, disappeared back on February 6, 2023 after last being seen in Columbus. The Columbus Police Department reissued a notice Tuesday in hopes of finding her. Taylor is...
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