Georgia has fewer uninsured kids as Affordable Care Act takes hold
ATLANTA | The number of uninsured Georgia children fell by more than 50,000 in 2014, the first year of full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, a new report found.That drop of 53,000 was the...
View ArticleUGA at Mississippi State: 3 things to know
Georgia has been faced with its current task before. The Bulldogs lost to Texas A&M by 34 points last month — at the time the worst defeat of the Mark Fox era — and had to go on the road in the...
View ArticleUGA student charged with DUI in connection with wreck that injured two people
A 19-year-old Acworth resident was charged with DUI in connection with a wreck last month in Oconee County that injured two people.The wreck was reported on Jan. 30 shortly before 4:30 a.m. on Georgia...
View ArticleAthens accident sends several to the hospital
An accident between an Athens Transit System bus and another vehicle sent a dozen people to the hospital Friday night.The accident occurred on Atlanta Highway and the Georgia Square Mall Access Road...
View ArticleJackson County blotter
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents:TENT FOUND: On Feb. 3, Deputy Thomas Duncan was dispatched to a location off Old Highway 441 in Nicholson, where someone erected a...
View ArticleMadison County blotter
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents:GRANITE DAMAGED: On Feb. 2, Deputy William Elrod was dispatched to Paoli Granite Co. where someone badly damaged a piece of granite...
View ArticleBarrow County blotter
The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents:FRAUD: On Feb. 4, an employee of Publix reported a woman cashed a $472 check on Dec. 18, 2015, and the check was later returned...
View ArticleOconee County blotter
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents:MISSING RING: On Feb. 5, Deputy Mike McKeel met with a Bogart woman who reported that her diamond engagement ring, valued at $12,900,...
View ArticleEvents around Athens on Saturday, February 13
Barrow Elementary School Garden Workday: 9 a.m. For more information, call (706) 543-2676, ext. 38210, or email sabatine@clarke.k12.ga.us. Clarke Central High School Pre-LGPE Band Camp: 9 a.m. to 4...
View ArticlePhotos: Twelve transported to hospital after accident on Atlanta Highway
Twelve people were transported to the hospital after an accident involving an SUV and an Athens-Clarke County bus. The SUV failed to yield to the bus while turning left from Atlanta Highway toward the...
View ArticleGirls Basketball at Joel E. Smilow Boys & Girls Clubs
Click here to check out photos from girls recreational basketball at Joel E. Smilow Boys & Girls Clubs.
View ArticleFirst Pitch Banquet With Chipper Jones
Braves legend Chipper Jones spoke at this year's UGA Baseball First Pitch Banquet at the Classic Center Thursday night.Click here to view photos from the banquet.
View ArticleNational Weather Service issues winter storm watch for northeast Georgia...
Athenians could wake up to freezing rain and dangerous icy roads on President’s Day Monday morning, though forecasters with the National Weather Service predict the worst of the winter weather may be...
View ArticlePhotos: Polar Bear Plungefest
Click here to see photos from the Polar Bear Plungefest at Sandy Creek Park.
View ArticleRotary's icy plunge raises thousands for Athens youth programs
About 130 people at Athens’ Sandy Creek Park had a shocking experience Saturday — plunging into the icy waters of Lake Chapman.And “shocking” was how most people described it once they’d dashed into...
View ArticleDemocratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders opens Athens office
A local headquarters for Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders’ campaign opened for business Saturday in Athens, in Suite 15 of the Bottleworks complex on Prince Avenue.The opening of the...
View ArticleTrue Conservatives group has little effect on Athens GOP meeting
A flurry of mailings and radio advertisements funded by an entity calling itself True Conservatives of Clarke County failed to make much of an effect at Saturday’s mass precinct meetings of the Clarke...
View ArticleJustice Antonin Scalia dead at 79
WASHINGTON | Antonin Scalia, the influential conservative and most provocative member of the Supreme Court, has died. He was 79.The U.S. Marshals Service in Washington confirmed Scalia's death at a...
View ArticlePhotos: Georgia Gym Dogs defeat LSU 197.525-196.800
The Gym Dogs defeated No. 5 LSU 197.525-196.800 at Stegeman Coliseum. Click here to see photos from the meet.
View ArticleChicken Salad Chick to open in Athens on Alps Road
A new restaurant will fill an empty spot in the Beechwood Shopping Center on Alps Road called Chicken Salad Chick.As the name implies, the restaurant focuses on one menu item. Chicken Salad Chick...
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