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News Articles: Athens

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart waves at fans during a parade celebrating the Bulldog's second consecutive NCAA college football national championship, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in Athens, Ga.

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Georgia AD: Car crash victims not on university duties

Georgia has made its most extensive comments on the car crash that killed football player Devin Willock and a recruiting staff member. Athletic director Josh Brooks says they were not on department business at the time of the incident, which occurred shortly after the Bulldogs celebrated their second straight national title.

January 25, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Georgia football players acknowledge the crowd during a parade celebrating the Bulldog's second consecutive NCAA college football national championship, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in Athens, Ga.

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Excessive speed listed as cause of fatal UGA wreck

Police say Georgia football player Devin Willock wasn't wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle in a weekend crash that killed him and a recruiting staff member. Athens-Clarke County police list excessive speed on a road with a 40 mph limit as a primary cause of the crash early Sunday.

January 18, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Author John Pruitt and his latest novel, Tell It True

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Political Rewind: Author, anchor John Pruitt documents a Klan-involved murder in 'Tell It True'

Friday on Political Rewind: In 1964, two Klansmen killed Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn, a Black veteran, near the Broad River Bridge in Athens. John Pruitt, then a 22-year-old cameraman for WSB-TV, covered the case. He documents that experience in his novel Tell It True.

October 07, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Sections of a USA Today newspaper lie on display, Aug. 5, 2019, in Norwood, Mass. On Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, newspaper publisher Gannett Co., confirmed that it’s laying off some of its newsroom staff, part of a cost-cutting effort to lower its expenses as revenue crumbles amid a downturn in ad sales and customer subscriptions. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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Gannett reports dismal second quarter earnings. What does this mean for the newspaper industry?

As the world transitions from an analog economy to a digital economy, the newspaper industry, like many industries, face economic challenges.

August 16, 2022
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  • Devon Zwald
Sanford Stadium

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Sanford Stadium slated for $68.5 million in improvements

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted Tuesday to make a series of improvements to the south side of Sanford Stadium.

August 10, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker talks with a voter at a livestock auction in Athens, Ga., Wednesday, July 20, 2022, as Walker campaigns to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.

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  • Politics

Walker aims to pivot focus back to Dems in tight Ga. race

After a bruising opening to his general election campaign for the U.S. Senate, Georgia Republican Herschel Walker is trying to deflect attention back onto Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.

July 25, 2022
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  • Associated Press
First lady Jill Biden in Athens

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First Lady visits Athens summer learning program, plugs Biden administration COVID relief aid

Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona stopped by the University of Georgia, where students from nearby Barnett Shoals Elementary School are getting some extra lessons this summer.

July 22, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
Pat Garrett, left, and her partner Cedric moments before wheeling their home out of the way of Macon-Bibb County Public Works bulldozer on June 8, 2022. Macon-Bibb County bulldozed one of the city's largest homeless encampments, saying it was necessary as a public health measure.

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Some Georgia cities have plans for rehousing instead of pushing the homeless out of sight

As the unhoused become more a part of our daily lives, some communities are taking action. Sometimes it means simply pushing the unhoused out of the way. Increasingly it can mean creating, and sticking to, a plan. 

 

July 13, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
Daerzio Harris is a fifth grade math and science teacher at Jeffersonville Elementary School in central Georgia.

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Teachers are at risk of 'burnout' in Georgia. These three offer possible solutions

A recent survey from the National Education Association finds more than 50% of teachers are thinking of leaving the profession. One of the causes? Teacher burnout.

July 07, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
A pair of wigs that belonged to Cindy Wilson of the B-52's.

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The B-52's to launch a U.S. farewell tour this summer

The quirky dance-pop outfit The B-52s are hitting the road one last time for a final tour this summer that will roam from coast to coast. Their North American farewell tour will visit 10 cities across the U.S., kicking off Aug. 22 in Seattle and ending Nov. 11 in Atlanta.

April 26, 2022
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  • Associated Press
President Joe Biden speaks Friday, April 22, 2022, at Green River College in Auburn, Wash., south of Seattle. President Joe Biden is announcing that he has granted the first three pardons of his term. In one case he is providing clemency to a Kennedy-era Secret Service agent convicted of trying to sell a copy of an agency file.

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Biden pardons former Secret Service agent and 2 others

President Joe Biden is announcing he has granted the first three pardons of his term, including pardons for two people who were convicted on drug-related charges in Texas and Georgia but went on to become pillars in their communities.

April 26, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Homeless encampment

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Efforts to criminalize homelessness persist after state effort dies at end of 2022 Legislature

Through the end of 2022, a special state legislative committee is tasked with studying solutions for dealing with homeless encampments after the sponsor of controversial legislation scrapped a measure that initially called for state misdemeanor offenses for camping on public property and denying cities state grants for not enforcing the law.

April 19, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Hundreds of local elections officials attended an annual training in Athens, Ga. to prepare for upcoming elections.

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  • Elections

Georgia elections officials optimistic and energized heading into 2022 cycle

Hundreds of local officials, including many new faces, received training, networking and advice during a conference in Athens.

March 24, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
An illustration of location pins on a white background.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Mayors on the 'laboratory' of local governance; Ossoff kicks off Jackson hearings

Wednesday on Political Rewind: We sat down with three Georgia mayors discuss governance in their towns. Then, we dug into more election news as Trump endorses another Georgia candidate. We also reviewed Day 2 of hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

March 23, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
 Swati Kulkarni, consulate general of India, Atlanta, describes how Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi’s philosophy on nonviolent civil disobedience became a catalyst for social change. Kulkarni spoke at Friday’s celebration of King at the Georgia Capitol.

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Annual MLK Capitol tribute draws parallels between King, Gandhi

 

A tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. at the Georgia Capitol Friday spotlighted the connections with fellow civil rights trailblazer Mohandas Gandhi.

January 17, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
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