In the Loop
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Oct. 26
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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Oconee Industrial Authority Gets $850,000 Blank Check
Photo Credit: Lee Becker
Oconee County voters cut a nearly blank check for $850,000 to the Oconee County Industrial Development Authority when they approved the 2015 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax last November.
The language on the resolution for the 2015 SPLOST merely said the money should be used for “Economic Development Facilities,” and the voters, probably without giving it much thought, accepted the deal.
At its meeting earlier this month, the IDA decided it was time to give some thought to what it will do with the windfall.
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Educator and Civic Leader David Nunnally Has Died
The Rev. David Nunnally, an Athens educator and civil rights leader, died Oct. 17 at age 86.
The Rev. David Nunnally, an Athens educator and civil rights leader, died Oct. 17 at age 86.According to an announcement from Fred Smith, Nunnally, one of 14 children, was born in Athens in 1929 and graduated from Tuskegee University. He was a teacher, school administrator, scoutmaster and assistant pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he worked with youth.
In the 1960s, Nunnally was the first African American to run for office in Athens since Reconstruction, narrowly losing a city-council race. He founded the Human Relations Council, a group aimed at fostering understanding among races, in 1979.
He was elected to the Clarke County school board in 1992. He stepped down in 2012 for health reasons.
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UGA Officer Exonerated in Alcohol Amnesty Lawsuit
Jay Park.
A former UGA police officer who claimed he was fired for obeying an alcohol amnesty law hasreached a $325,000 settlement with the Board of Regents.
UGA Police Chief Jimmy Williamson fired Jay Park last September after Park refused to arrest underage drinkers because they sought medical treatment for alcohol poisoning. Williamson said that Park was fired for insubordination.
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Drunken Mayhem on the Georgia-Missouri Game Weekend
Photo Credit: Lee Gatlin
• Friday at 2:57a.m., an officer responded to the Cookout on Waddell Street after the manager called in reference to a driver who had fallen asleep in the drive-through for 30 minutes.
The truck left before officers arrived and was found on Dearing Extension with the engine running, in gear and lights on.
The driver, a 19-year-old Athens man, told officers he had been drinking and was under the impression that he was in the parking lot of a sorority.
He was arrested and charged with DUI.
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You Can Stop Boiling Your Drinking Water Now
Photo Credit: Jeff Montgomery
Athens-Clarke County lifted a boil-water advisory for western Clarke County Monday night after testing showed that the water is safe to drink.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Oct. 19
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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The Loop's Prince Avenue Interchange Is Open Again
Just in time for the deluge of cars rolling into town for the Georgia-Missouri game Saturday night, the Georgia Department of Transportation has reopened two ramps at the Loop-Prince Avenue interchange.
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