Jeff Dantre
News ReporterJeff has delivered morning news at WUGA Radio for more than a decade. Prior to this, he was a news anchor/reporter for WSB Radio in Atlanta for several years and worked for CNN during the 1990s. Jeff was among a team at CNN that won a George Foster Peabody Award in 1991 for an educational product based on the fall of the Soviet Union. He also won an Edward R. Murrow Award from Radio Television Digital News Association in 2007 for producing a series for WSB Radio on financial scams. He is the recipient of numerous awards from the Associated Press. Jeff is a graduate of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University (MBA) and holds a BS in Business Administration from Campbell University, both in North Carolina. He still enjoys writing and delivering news stories each day for WUGA listeners.
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The USG Foundation raised more than $4.5 million in startup funds for the new DREAMS Scholarship to help students bridge financial gaps. -
Next fall, every public elementary and middle school in Georgia will have to swim against the cultural tide by banishing cellphones. -
The mass cancellations target people who moved or didn’t participate in recent elections, adding that this year’s removal is so big because of people moving in and out of state. -
Edrick Lamont Faust is charged in a 12-count indictment with the murder, rape, and assault on the UGA student at her home in east Athens on Jan. 19, 2001. -
A big challenge for a bipartisan panel in the state House of Representatives reviewing smoking and vaping, with their main proposal, a tax increase, and tax increases are not popular in an election year. -
Nearly $403 million of the $922.5 million budget for public health comes from the state, while almost $465 million is provided by the federal government. -
The AJC reports the University of Georgia and Georgia Southern University have removed language from their nondiscrimination policies, eliminating the terms sexual orientation and gender identity. -
Centers that offer services to people experiencing addiction could face more regulation in Georgia, as lawmakers investigate how they operate and whether they are effective enough. -
A police investigation began after three private investigators located stolen clothing being sold at the J&J Flea Market on Aug. 9. -
Georgia lawmakers are considering expanding state aid to public college and university students beyond the merit-based HOPE program to a need-based scholarship initiative.
