Survey: 3 in 5 support city for St. Simons, Sea Island
ATLANTA | A majority of voters living on St. Simons Island and Sea Island favor a referendum this year on the creation of a city, according to a survey released late Monday by a group supporting...
View Article'Bigger than basketball'— The route and reason of Cedar Shoals coach Dreco...
It is three hours after the final bell pushed students out the doors of Cedar Shoals High and Dreco Thomas stands in the middle of an orange and blue paw print in Cedar Shoals’ gymnasium with a whistle...
View ArticleGov. Deal vows to keep pushing education reform
ATLANTA | Gov. Nathan Deal said Tuesday he’s not forgetting about education reform even though he postponed for a year the legislative consideration of proposals from his Education Reform...
View ArticleGovernor's plan would create a school district of minority students in...
The wording of a proposed constitutional amendment to the Georgia constitution sounds helpful: “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow the state to intervene in chronically failing...
View ArticleUnited Way celebrates Rubielen Norris, and record $2.45 million in donations...
Rubielen Norris has given speeches as the president and CEO of the United Way of Northeast Georgia for 30 years, but she gave her last Tuesday night.At the group’s annual banquet, Norris officially...
View ArticleOconee Co. Chamber 2016 Annual Meeting and Dinner
Click here to view photos from the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce 2016 Annual Meeting and Dinner.
View ArticleWalmart Neighborhood Market opens on Atlanta Highway
The new Walmart Neighborhood Market opened on Atlanta Highway today. See photos here.
View ArticleUnited Way of Northeast Georgia Awards Banquet
Were you Spotted® at the United Way of Northeast Georgia Awards Banquet held Tuesday night?Click here to check out all the photos.
View ArticleWinder Barrow Diamond Doggs Spring practice
Click here to view photos as the Winder Barrow Diamond Doggs prepare for baseball season to start.
View ArticleGeorgia Economic Outlook Luncheon
Business leaders converged in Athens for the Georgia Economic Outlook luncheon at The Classic Center. See photos here.
View ArticleHart County sheriff recalls shooting of man charging him with a machete
Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland knew the suspect would exit the burning house.“He came out 90 miles an hour and came within 15 feet of me before I fired,” Cleveland recalled Wednesday about a Jan....
View ArticleWalmart Neighborhood Market now open on Atlanta Highway
The new 24-hour Walmart Neighborhood Market on Atlanta Highway is, quite literally, a big step up for store manager Stacy Khorana.Previously, Khorana managed the 2,300-square-foot Walmart on Campus at...
View ArticleZombie Coffee and Donuts opening in downtown Athens
It didn’t take long to fill the space on East Broad Street previously housed Your Pie.The new-to-Athens shop Zombie Coffee and Donuts is planning to open there at the end of March. Tony Raffa, the...
View ArticleMan in prison for preying on elderly Athens victims wants sentence changed to...
Joe Quick has been in prison slightly more than a year after being convicted of preying on elderly Athens resident from whom he swindled thousands of dollars, and now he wants his sentence changed to...
View ArticleCompany changes passing score for GED test, creating 1,900 new GED passers
The company that runs the state’s high-school equivalency testing program — the GED — has lowered the minimum score needed to pass the test, Technical College System of Georgia announced Tuesday.The...
View ArticleCould a robot replace you? More and more, the answer is yes
Think you and your job can’t be replaced by a thinking machine?Think again, says Thomas Reeves, a retired University of Georgia professor whose career was spent studying how people learn — and more...
View ArticleNonprofit landlords would get break for renting to the disabled under...
ATLANTA | Churches, foundations and other nonprofit organizations that rent houses to tenants who are physically disabled could get a break on property taxes under legislation sponsored by Rep. Spencer...
View Article5 things to do around Athens this weekend
Looking for something to do this weekend?Click here for 5 things to do this weekend.
View ArticleDavid Lowery brings Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven together for shows at 40...
David Lowery has a thing for places. While Athens is his home, the two bands he leads, Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, started in California, and he calls the state their “spiritual home.”Yet the...
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