In the Loop
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Aug. 17
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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Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond Has Died at 75
Julian Bond, the young college activist from Atlanta who grew to be one of the most influential figures in America’s struggle for civil rights, died Saturday night in Fort Walton Beach, FL, after a brief, undisclosed illness.
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Ride Free Buses to Brunch and the Farmers Market This Weekend
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file
Starting this Saturday through Dec. 19, you can catch a free bus to the Athens Farmers Market, except on football gamedays.
The “Fresh Food Bus” will run on Saturday mornings every hour from 8:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. and will stop at Building S, Memorial Hall/the Tate Center, the Multimodal Center and Russell Hall. A full schedule is available here.
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Body-Cam Video Shows Officer Beating UGA Student
A former Athens-Clarke County police officer hit a University of Georgia college student in the head with a baton, then struck him again while he was already on the ground, according to body-camera footage obtained by 11 Alive news.
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Severe Storms Hit the Athens Area
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Storm damage on College Avenue between Willow and Dougherty streets.
More than two inches of rain fell on parts of Athens in less than an hour and winds gusted at 60 miles per hour earlier this afternoon, knocking over trees and knocking out power, mainly in the western half of the city.
Georgia Power reported 45 outages in Athens affected 2,423 customers. Outages were spread throughout downtown, East Athens, Prince Avenue, the mall area, Rocksprings, the Hancock Corridor and Five Points. More than 1,500 of those customers are downtown and in Newtown, Pulaski Heights and Boulevard east of Chase Street.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Aug. 10
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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Athens Congressman Jody Hice Endorses Ted Cruz
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz talks to a Georgia GOP convention delegate at the Classic Center in May.
U.S. Rep. Jody Hice is among the Georgia politicians who’ve endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a tea party favorite, for president.
Hice, a Walton County Republican who represents Athens, is serving as Cruz’s Georgia campaign chairman along with Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, a Hull resident who used to represent Athens in the state Senate.
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Where to Watch the GOP Presidential Debate
Photo Credit: Mike Licht/Flickr
Election season is officially upon us: The first televised Republican presidential debate airs at 8:50 p.m. today on Fox News. It will be HUGE, the CLASSIEST debate ever.
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