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According to the Georgia Department of Labor, the Athens Metropolitan Statistical Area’s labor force and employment both reached all-time highs in September.
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Charles Kenyon resigned Wednesday following an investigation into reports of racially offensive language, the Barrow County School District said.
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Flock cameras have been used in Madison County for a couple of years now as an investigative tool to read license plates. The sheriff’s office decided the benefits were not worth the financial cost.
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Athens' beloved annual fall traditions returned for their 8th and 11th years!
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Two kilograms of fentanyl and two ounces of cocaine were seized by the Northeast Georgia Regional Drug Task Force during a search executed Friday.
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Skerritt was Captain Dallas in Alien, Viper in Top Gun, and a small town sheriff in the TV series Picket Fences.
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The judge found the department's field operations to identify noncitizens who voted likely violated the Voting Rights Act, which bars voter intimidation.
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"There's an understandable pull in my industry to make things ... super safe, super familiar," Gilpin says. She wants to go the other way. Gilpin currently stars in the noir drama The Lowdown.
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In '72, filmmaker William Greaves hosted a cocktail party for the surviving members of the Harlem Renaissance. Our critic says the footage is "like watching a 50th college reunion set on Mt. Olympus."
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