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Gas leak snarls traffic in downtown Athens
A gas leak on East Broad Street near College Avenue is creating traffic delays and officials are advising motorists to avoid that area of...

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Aug 6, 20241 min read
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Teen shot at Athens apartment complex
By Joe Johnson A 19-year-old Barrow County resident was hospitalized in stable condition on Tuesday after being shot the night before at...

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Aug 6, 20241 min read
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Teen shot in Athens apartment complex
By Joe Johnson A 19-year-old Barrow County resident was hospitalized in stable condition on Tuesday after being shot the night before at...

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Aug 6, 20241 min read
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Doodle Dog Scout discharged from UGA vet hospital after lifesaving care
By Joe Johnson When he arrived at the University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital Scout was a furry bag of bones, barely clinging...

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Aug 6, 20241 min read
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Science fact of the day: Peccaries are very intelligent
Peccaries are quite smart. According to experts, their intelligence is comparable to that of dogs, dolphins, and elephants.

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Aug 6, 20241 min read
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Word of the day: Coloratura
Coloratura [kə-lə-rə-TOO-rə] Part of speech: noun Origin: Italian, 18th century Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in...

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Aug 6, 20241 min read
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Take Five, again
By T.W. Burger For Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012, and for Joan. Funny thing earworms. You know what I mean, when you get a tune stuck in your...

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Aug 6, 20245 min read
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Athens man indicted for 2001 murder of UGA law student Tara Baker
By Joe Johnson A Superior Court grand jury has indicted 49-year-old Edrick Lamont Faust for the murder of University of Georgia law...

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Aug 6, 20241 min read
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Coyotes are everywhere ... including all 159 of Georgia's counties
New footage from collared urban coyotes shows they don’t want to see you any more than you want to see them Georgia’s capital is home to...

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Aug 5, 20243 min read
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Science fact of the day: Antelope have special facial glands
Antelope have special scent glands located in front of each eye. Called preorbital glands, they secrete a fluid that antelope wipe on...

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Aug 5, 20241 min read
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Word of the day: Polyhistor
Polyhistor [pah-lee-HIS-tər] Part of speech: noun Origin: Greek, 16th century Another term for polymath (a person of wide-ranging...

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Aug 5, 20241 min read
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Movies by Moonlight in Dudley Park featuring “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
The Leisure Services Department will host a free “Movies by Moonlight” outdoor movie on Saturday, August 17 at 8:30 p.m. at Dudley Park...

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Aug 5, 20241 min read
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Former Georgia star running back set to tryout for WWE following NFL career
The Georgia Bulldogs have sent plenty of their running backs to the pros over the years, but not many have gone on to find professional...

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Aug 5, 20242 min read
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Rocksprings Bingo Bash!
BINGO Bash is an opportunity for persons with developmental disabilities to enjoy America's favorite group game: BINGO. Supplies are...

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Aug 5, 20241 min read
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Before Air Force One there was the Sacred Cow
Today, the airplane carrying the U.S. president is known as Air Force One, but the original presidential aircraft had a slightly more...

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Aug 5, 20242 min read
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Watkinsville police chief abruptly resigns
By Joe Johnson Watkinsville’s police chief has resigned after serving for just 7 months. “It’s really disappointing, really...

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Aug 4, 20242 min read
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Why the U.S. Army had a Camel Corps
The military used camels to explore the Southwest As the United States expanded westward in the 19th century, the American Southwest...

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Aug 4, 20242 min read
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Some facts about the movie Titanic
It’s been a quarter century since the historic epic Titanic, directed by James Cameron, hit the big screen on December 19, 1997, and...

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Aug 4, 20246 min read
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Brand names that are actually acronyms
From soup to nuts, there’s a brand out there trying to sell something to us. Some of those brand names are initialisms, like AT&T...

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Aug 4, 20243 min read
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Defense attorneys seek to move trial of Laken Riley’s accused killer out of Athens
By Joe Johnson Attorneys for the man accused of murdering nursing student Laken Riley Jose have asked the judge to move his case out of...

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Aug 4, 20241 min read
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