In the Loop
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Phil Lanoue Is a Finalist for Superintendent of the Year as Clarke School Scores Fall
Clarke County School Superintendent Philip Lanoue, Georgia's superintendent of the year, is one of four finalists for national superintendent of the year.
The district's announcement came today—one day after the state's College and Career Ready Performance Index figures showed that the majority of local schools are doing worse, not better.
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Ground Broken on 'One-Stop Shop' for Homeless
Photo Credit: Blake Aued
Athens-Clarke County government and nonprofit officials broke ground today on a $6 million resource center for the homeless that's been almost 10 years in the making.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Dec. 15
Photo Credit: Randy Schafer
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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Protesters Stage 'Die-In' at Georgia Square Mall
All over the country, activists have been staging "die-ins" to protest the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin and other African American males at the hands of police. The local progressive group Athens for Everyone got in on the action Saturday at Georgia Square Mall, giving shoppers a little something to think about while they browsed for Christmas gifts.
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Does Downtown Athens Have Too Many Bars?
The Athens Downtown Development Authority, at its next meeting Jan. 20, will discuss limiting the number of bars downtown.
Coming in the wake of a Chronicle of Higher Education article that paints Athens as a poster-city for student drinking, it will be the first official discussion of a subject that's been unofficially discussed here for years.
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Paul Broun Wants to Start a Tea Party Group
Because of course he does.
He did not mention this to me when we ran into each other in the Kroger checkout line last weekend, but U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, who lost a Senate bid in the May primary, is looking for work once his term is up at the end of the year.
He was a doctor before he was elected to Congress in 2007 but plans to stay in politics,telling the AJC:
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Dec. 8
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 UGA NAACP Is Marching for Michael Brown Tonight
Athens residents at a Ferguson solidarity rally at the Arch on Nov. 26. Credit: Randy Schafer
The University of Georgia chapter of the NAACP is planning a "peaceful march and vigil honoring" Michael Brown, the African American teenager who was shot and killed by white police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, MO.
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