In the Loop
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Drive-By Shooting Reported on Baxter Street
An Athens-Clarke County police officer heard several gunshots around Baxter Street and Baxter Drive—a block from the ACC Library, Clarke Middle School and Alps Road Elementary School—while on patrol at about 11:20 a.m. on Monday.
The officer saw a vehicle occupied by three men, one of whom was firing a gun out of a back-seat window, according to an ACCPD report. She followed the vehicle while waiting for backup.
The vehicle pulled over on Collins Avenue, and the rear passenger exited with his hands up. The driver quickly left, but was found soon after, and all three men were detained and questioned, police said.
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PolitiFact on Jody Hice and Paul Broun's Greatest Lies
What's cooler than cool? Hice cold.
Today, PolitiFact Georgia celebrated its fifth anniversary by looking back at some of its favorite lies. The website, which fact-checks politicians' claims, listed statements by Athens' once and current congressmen, Paul Broun and Jody Hice, among its Top 5 "false" ratings.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of June 1
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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Bill Cowsert Explains His Vote for a Tax Hike
State Sen. Bill Cowsert (R-Athens) told a small group of Oconee County Republicans earlier this month that he voted in favor of the tax increases for transportation in March because the bill gave legislators more control over the Georgia Department of Transportation and “capped” the fuel tax—something the tax bill does only in part.
Cowsert also defended the $5 per night fee added to hotel and other lodging bills as part of the transportation act on the grounds that most of those paying the fee will be from out of state.
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Serious Problems Found at Oconee Sewer Plants
A month-long investigation of effluent from the county’s Calls Creek sewage plant outside Watkinsville became Tuesday last night when Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis reported that the county had received the resignation of two of the plant’s employees.
The county also released a six-page report by a consultant hired to review the operation of both of the country’s sewage treatment facilities.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of May 25
Photo Credit: Michael Rivera
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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Georgia State Rep Thinks Universities Shouldn't Investigate Sexual Assaults
State Rep. Earl Erhart (R-Powder Springs) wants to hold hearings on how colleges and universities handle sexual assaults—but not for the reason you might think.
Erhart—chairman of the House subcommittee that handles higher education funding—is not worried about sexual assault survivors seeking justice, but about the rights of the accused.
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Oconee County Newspaper Shuts Down
Photo Credit: Lee Becker
Oconee County lost another local news and information site on Friday with the closing of The Oconee Leader, the county’s largely free circulation weekly newspaper.
Publisher Rob Peecher announced the decision to close the newspaper in a front-page “note of thanks to our readers and advertisers” in Friday’s paper.
Peecher cited continued financial problems going back several years as the reason for the decision to close the paper. Friday’s was the last edition of the paper.
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