In the Loop
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Sunday Buses Start Next Month; Will Be Free for Four Weeks
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file
Athens Transit will start running buses on Sundays Aug. 16, and fares will be free for the first four Sundays.
The launch will coincide with Athens Transit’s regular fall service changes the second week of August—when University of Georgia classes traditionally start—in order to recruit and train employees.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of July 6
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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Here's the Deal With That Drone at AthFest
People have been wondering about the drone spotted flying over AthFest last week.
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Watch Athens' First Same-Sex Wedding
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Jordyn Dolente and Moriah Martin made history by becoming the first same-sex couple to get married in Athens on the afternoon of the Supreme Court's marriage equality ruling on Friday. (Probate Judge Susan Tate is officiating in the courtyard outside the courthouse.) They graciously allowed Flagpoleintern Benjamin Tankersley to document their nuptuals.
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The Jamie Hood Trial Is Completely Bonkers
Photo Credit: Photo by @wycam1 via Twitter.
Unfortunately, Flagpole does not have the resources to send a writer to sit in a courtroom for eight hours a day for two months, but oh my God, as tragic and reprehensible as Jamie Hood's crime spree was, this story is amazing.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of June 29
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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Meet the First Same-Sex Couple to Get Married in Athens
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Moriah Martin (left) and Jordyn Dolente leave the Clarke County Courthouse after becoming the first local same-sex couple to obtain a marriage license since this morning's marriage equality ruling.
Jordyn Dolente and Moriah Martin were the first couple to get a marriage license in Clarke County this morning after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
"I never thought that this was going to happen, especially in Georgia," Dolente said. "We thought marijuana would be first."
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Athens Reacts to the Marriage Equality Ruling
Photo Credit: Calvin Elvert
A pro-marriage rights rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Apr. 28, when justices heard oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges.
This morning, the Supreme Court released a ruling legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S., including in Georgia. Flagpole is gathering reactions from local experts, politicians and the LGBT community. We'll update this post as those reactions come in.
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