In the Loop
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Drunken Mayhem on the Georgia-Alabama Weekend
Photo Credit: Lee Gatlin
After UGA home football games, Flagpole reporter and photographer Joshua L. Jones will be checking the police blotter to find the weekend’s strangest drunken antics. All information is taken from Athens-Clarke County police reports.
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Ethics Complaint Filed Against Oconee County Commission Chairman Melvin Davis
Oconee County Attorney Daniel Haygood has referred to Special Master James C. Warnes an ethics complaint that Sarah Bell has filed against Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis.
Bell contends that Davis violated at least eight sections of the county’s ethics code by “using taxpayer money to pay an employee and to prepare and purchase plans” for the reconnection of Old Mars Hill Road to Mars Hill Road proper “as a special favor for one citizen.”
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Hey! The Plans for St. Joe's Don't Look Half Bad
Photo Credit: Davis Property Group
Rejoice, ye townies, for the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church property shall not be maxed out with more student apartments.
Plans submitted Friday by Greenville, SC-based Davis Property Group show a 192,000 square-foot mixed-use development (not including parking) with commercial space fronting Prince Avenue and 146 one- and two-bedroom apartments above and behind it, all in three-story buildings.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Oct. 5
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.
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
1. Gordon Lamb
The Flagpole columnist and all-around swell fella flexes his music-scene muscles with the fourth installment of Athens Intensified, which hits town this week. See this week's paper for more.
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More Sewer Spills Reported in Oconee County
Photo Credit: Lee Becker
Oconee County has informed the Georgia Environmental Protection Division of yet another problem with the operation of its Calls Creek wastewater treatment facility.
From 5–8 a.m. on Sept. 25, the plant released an estimated 50,000 gallons of discharge containing total suspended solids that exceeded the permitted level, according to the county’s report.
The county also acknowledged on Wednesday another violation of its permit for the Calls Creek facility based on data the county filed for operation of the plant in July.
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Whatever You Do, Stay Away from Campus Saturday
Football game days in Athens are always intense, but the Georgia-Alabama game this weekend has the potential to be pure pandemonium. Hide the women and children, board up your windows and hunker down.
“The high-profile 3:30 p.m. game in Sanford Stadium is expected to draw one of the largest crowds of the past couple years,” according to a UGA news release.
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Police Make Arrest in Greenway Attack
Athens-Clarke County police arrested Pedro Alvarado, 43, on Tuesday in connection with a reported assault on the North Oconee River Greenway.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Sept. 28
Photo Credit: Andy Mitchell/UGA Athletics
Malcolm Mitchell carries the ball during Georgia's 48-6 win over Southern University.
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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