Athens-Clarke commissioners OK funding for new downtown banners
A decision this week by the Athens-Clarke County Commission has provided funding for new banners for downtown Athens streets, and also provided an opportunity for one local artist or group of artists...
View ArticleUGA bridge over Thomas Street closed after it fails inspection
The Thomas Street pedestrian bridge at the University of Georgia was closed following a structural analysis recently conducted during routine inspections of UGA bridges.“It is the recommendation of the...
View ArticleGeorgia SAT scores up, but drop nationwide
Georgia students raised the state’s average SAT score by five points this year, even as the national average declined by seven points.“I’m encouraged by these score increases because they signal that...
View ArticleUGA's new Schott caller
When Georgia’s offense takes the field Saturday for the first time in the 2015 season, most eyes in Sanford Stadium will be focused on new starting quarterback Greyson Lambert.On the sideline with a...
View ArticleRemember when... Danny Verdun Wheeler had 11 tackles against UL Monroe
When Georgia last squared off against Louisiana-Monroe, Danny Verdun Wheeler was a junior who had started more than a dozen games at outside linebacker during his career.But on Sept. 17, 2005, the...
View ArticleWeiszer's Top 25: Defending champs Ohio State take top spot
ABH beat writer Marc Weiszer reveals his initial AP Top 25 ballot. He was in the 100 percent who slotted the Buckeyes No. 1... 1. Ohio State: Defending champions are stocked at QB and have one of best...
View ArticleFive Keys: UGA-UL Monroe
Don’t discount opponentGeorgia should be able to overwhelm and out-talent a Sun Belt Conference team coming off a 4-8 season. Bulldog coaches would still be wise to bring up the Warhawks three wins...
View ArticleWho has the edge: UGA-UL Monroe
Offense Edge: GeorgiaEven with a new offensive coordinator and quarterback, Georgia can unleash its deep running back group behind an offensive line that has four of five starters back led by John...
View ArticleMatchup to watch: UGA-UL Monroe
Louisiana-Monroe quarterback Garrett Smith and offensive line vs. Georgia pass defensePlaying your first college game in a 92,746 seat stadium against a top-10 team isn’t a soft opening.That’s what...
View ArticleState's top running back recruit Elijah Holyfield commits to UGA
Add another name brand running back to Georgia's list. Elijah Holyfield, the son of boxing champion Evander Holyfield, commited to the Bulldogs during an announcement at his school on Friday. The...
View ArticleBulldogs Bytes Podcast: Our look at UGA in 2015 season, La.-Monroe game,...
The new football season is here for Georgia on Saturday.On the latest "Bulldog Bytes" podcast, Marc Weiszer and Fletcher Page of the Athens Banner-Herald offer our take on what lies ahead for UGA in...
View ArticleFormer strength coach, player Tereshinski retires from UGA
Joe Tereshinski Jr., who has been associated with the Georgia football program and athletic department going back all the way to his days as a player in the mid 1970s, is no longer working at...
View ArticleCeCe Green, Winder-Barrow rush past Apalachee
WINDER | It’s still hard to stop Winder-Barrow senior CeCe Green.Apalachee couldn’t do it last year, when Green ripped off a 50-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to push the Bulldoggs past the...
View ArticleFor today's college freshmen, Google has always been there, and Diana's...
Every year since 1997, two men at Beloit College have published what they call the “College Mindset List,” a set of somewhat random facts and observations about this year’s entering college class. It’s...
View ArticleDowntown granola kitchen Mama Bird's to close, but goods still for sale
The storefront that houses Mama Bird’s Granola is closing Sept. 24, but the baked goods produced there aren’t going anywhere.Jennie Phillips-De la Vega is the woman behind the granola sold at the West...
View ArticleFund set for hero trucker shot 7 times in Oglethorpe man's deadly rampage
A fund has been established to assist a man recently shot seven times while resisting the gunman who hijacked his truck during a deadly rampage in Oglethorpe County.After undergoing two surgeries,...
View ArticlePending sale fueling optimism about Southern Mill project
The likely pending sale of the early-1900s Southern Mill, a complex of four buildings on 18 acres located between the intown Boulevard neighborhood and the Athens Perimeter, is fueling some optimism...
View ArticleWorkers aim for 2016 finish in long Clarke Central renovation
The end’s not in sight yet for a $30 million construction and renovation project at Clarke Central High School — but there’s light at the end of the tunnel.Work began in March 2014 and is scheduled to...
View ArticleAthens woman may be first to sing to mayor, commissioners at public meeting
Oh, sure, there have been any number of oddities associated with the public comment periods at Athens-Clarke County Commission meetings, including the occasional speaker who strolls up to the...
View Article8 candidates qualify for Winterville municipal election
Qualifying for the Nov. 3 municipal election in the small eastern Athens-Clarke County town of Winterville ended Friday with a full slate of candidates for the mayor’s office and two council...
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