Blog Topic: Breaking News

In the Loop: Resentment Between Augusta and Athens Led to Medical School Dean Barbara Schuster's Ouster

By Tom Crawford | February 6, 2015 12:59pm

Barbara Schuster

What in the world is going on at Georgia’s public medical schools?

In the span of less than a month, the president of Georgia Regents University (GRU) in Augusta and the dean of the affiliated health sciences program at the University of Georgia have both been sent packing,

University System officials won’t comment on what’s behind the high-level turmoil, but it appears to be at least partly the product of long-simmering resentments between the Augusta faction and the Athens faction over who should be educating Georgia’s next generation of physicians.

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In the Loop: There's Been a Rash of Car Break-Ins Lately

By Blake Aued | January 27, 2015 5:10pm

A rash of car break-ins have been reported all over Clarke County in the past several days, ACC police said this afternoon.

Mostly, the thefts have been smash-and-grabs, where thieves break windows to take valuables left in plain sight.

Among the entering autos reported this week:

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In the Loop: UGA President Jere Morehead Wants to Raise Pay for Faculty and Staff

By Blake Aued | January 21, 2015 5:05pm

Photo Credit: The University of Georgia

University of Georgia President Jere Morehead will push for raises for faculty again this year, he said during his State of the University speech today at the Chapel.

UGA employees received raises—albeit an average of just 1 percent—last year for the first time since 2008.

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In the Loop: And the Flagpole Prince Avenue Flag Photo Contest Winner Is...

By Blake Aued | January 20, 2015 10:54am

Photo Credit: Matt Hardy

Winner, winner, fake chicken dinner! The Secret City burlesque troop.

Krysia Haag gets honorable mention for the batch of creative Prince Avenue Photoshop images she sent us—astronauts landing in the crosswalk ("One small step for mankind"), a T-Rex rampaging through Flagpole's front yard, and the "Dukes of Hazzard" sendup you see here.

But we have to give the grand prize to photographer Matt Hardy and the ladies of the Secret City burlesque troupe, who literally stopped traffic when they ventured out into the crosswalk wearing nothing but a few strategically placed orange flags. Congratulations, y'all can pick up your Grit gift certificate at our office.

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In the Loop: Gov. Nathan Deal Is Against Legal Pot, '90s Fashion

By Blake Aued | January 14, 2015 3:58pm

Gov. Nathan Deal gave his annual State of the State address today. Here are some of the highlights:

• He called for a "comprehensive look" at education funding, calling the state's QBE formula (which has never been fully funded, especially under Republican leadership) outdated. "Just as most of us wouldn’t dress our children in parachute pants and jelly shoes and we wouldn’t teach them about computers on a Commodore 64, neither should we educate them under a 1980s funding formula," he said. But any reform won't happen until 2016, at the earliest.

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Homedrone: The Strokes, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wilco, Pixies to Play Shaky Knees 2015

By Gabe Vodicka | January 14, 2015 12:15pm

The lineup for this year's installment of Atlanta's Shaky Knees Festival has been announced, and it's a doozy. Along with festival faves The Strokes, the list features reunited indie titans Pixies, alt-folk godfathers Wilco and our own Neutral Milk Hotel.

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In the Loop: UGA Student Charged with Classmate's Murder

By Blake Aued | January 22, 2015 2:23pm

A University of Georgia student was shot and killed Tuesday, Jan. 13 during a drug deal gone wrong, according to Athens-Clarke County police.

Min Seok Cho, 21, was "transported by private vehicle" to Athens Regional Medical Center, where he was declared dead, according to police.

"Preliminary investigation indicates that the victim met the person or persons responsible for the shooting to exchange marijuana," police said in a news release.

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Homedrone: Alabama Shakes Announce Georgia Theatre Shows Jan. 30 & 31

By Gabe Vodicka | January 8, 2015 11:45am

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In the Loop: Nancy Denson's Daughter Might Run for Mayor, Too

By Blake Aued | December 30, 2014 3:59pm

State Rep. Margaret Kaiser, the daughter of Athens-Clarke County Mayor Nancy Denson, is considering running for mayor of Atlanta in 2017, according to Creative Loafing.

"I want to consider my options," she told reporter Max Blau. "But if I run, it's going to be because I think I would be a damn good mayor."

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In the Loop: Ground Broken on 'One-Stop Shop' for Homeless

By Blake Aued | December 16, 2014 5:23pm

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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