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  • Jaguars end season on positive note

    Following a turbulent offseason and a 10-game campaign full of ups and downs, it's no surprise Cedar Shoals coach Dreco Thomas was a little emotional Friday night.



Blotter


  • Dumbbells used in separate burglaries

    A thief smashed University Spirit's front door at 700 Baxter St. and stole $3,888 in University of Georgia clothing between 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. Friday, Athens-Clarke police said.

  • Drunken driver sees police car, wrecks

    Police charged a 20-year-old Athens man with underage possession of alcohol and driving under the influence when he backed into another car after spying a patrol vehicle at 2:22 a.m. Saturday, police said.

  • Police say local man resisted arrest

    Police arrested Jactavius Shaquond Barnett, 20, of Athens after he drove away when officers initially pulled him over about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Athens-Clarke police said.

  • Man arrested on handful of charges

    Members of the Northeast Georgia Regional Drug Task Force arrested Jijuane Montel Mapp, 31, of Athens after searching a home on Highland Drive just after 1 p.m. Friday and discovering pills, cocaine, digital scales, a handgun and ammunition, police said.

  • Traffic stop yields drug, gun charges

    Police arrested Anthony Earl Johnson, 43, of Athens on charges of drug possession, theft by receiving, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, speeding and other counts after he was pulled over for traveling 49 miles per hour in a 25 mph speed limit zone, police said.

    An officer clocked Johnson’s speed in a black Ford pickup near the Athens Perimeter’s entrance on North Peter Street at 7:15 p.m. Friday. The officer pulled Johnson over for speeding and then smelled alcohol on his breath.



  • Man robbed of $40 at Bethel Midtown

    A 48-year-old man was beaten up and robbed Thursday afternoon at Bethel Midtown Village, Athens-Clarke police said. The man said he went to the apartment complex at about 12:30 p.m.

  • Electronics swiped in home break-in

    Burglars got into a home in the 200 block of Grove Street Extension between 11:45 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.

  • A-C unit dismantled north of Athens

    Thieves tore up an air-conditioning unit outside a home in the 600 block of Fourth Street between noon Monday and 3 p.m.

  • Several arrested in downtown Athens on alcohol charges

    Officers made several alcohol-related arrests downtown early Friday, including a 20-year-old University of Georgia student who was drinking a bottle of beer outside a bar in the 200 block of East Clayton Street shortly after 1 a.m.

Features


Jackson


  • Deep Spartans team expects strong showing at state meet

    The Athens Academy cross country team was able to demonstrate its depth last week at the Region 8-A meet at Athens Christian. With the Spartans' No. 7 runner out, Sam Williams, the No. 8 runner on the team, filled in.



Local News


  • GA's HOPE scholarship payouts could stay the same

    ATLANTA - Projections show that HOPE scholarship awards may remain the same next year. The amount of money students get can change each year under new rules the Legislature put in place to keep the scholarship program from going broke.

  • Waycross woman charged with embezzlement

    WAYCROSS, Ga. - A federal grand jury has indicted a Waycross woman on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors say 51-year-old Cassandra Lynn Ursrey embezzled $600,000 from a manufacturing company where she worked.



  • Mercer to extend benefits to same-sex couples

    MACON, Ga. - Mercer University says it has extended employee benefits to same-sex domestic partners. WMAZ-TV reports Friday (http://bit.ly/vG57wl) that the change in policy has taken place.

  • What's going on today?

    Here is what's going on around Athens today, Oct. 5: EVENTS Athens Rock and Gem Club Show: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

  • Sunday fundraiser targets eating disorders

    Nearly 10 million women and girls and one million men and boys in the U.S. suffer from the eating disorders of anorexia and bulimia, while 15 million more suffer from binge eating disorder.

  • New Christian college offers tours Sunday

    The Athens School of Ministry and Worship Arts will host an open house at their campus site on the corner of Georgia Highway 441 and New High Shoals Road in Watkinsville from 4-6 p.m. Sunday.

  • Biz deadline delayed due to Ala. immigration law

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama has pushed back the deadline for businesses to get their state and county licenses because of difficulties with the state's tough new immigration law.

  • Crawford School celebrates 100 years

    CRAWFORD - The Crawford School has meant different things to different people over the past century. Women sewed in a plant there; seniors lived in the nursing home there; and now local thespians put on shows there.

  • UGA architects win top design award

    The University of Georgia's University Architects office has won the state's top architecture award for its redesign of Stegeman Coliseum.



  • Toys for Tots kicks off campaign today

    Christmas is less than eight weeks off, and in order to get a head start on the annual Northeast Georgia Toys for Tots campaign, organizers are kicking off their charity drive today. Members of the U.S.

  • AYP results show progress, say Clarke officials

    Clarke County's annual adequate yearly progress report showed so much improvement this year that school board members actually gave a round of applause after Clarke school administrators broke down the numbers in a Thursday meeting.

National News


  • Penn St ex-coach, others charged in child sex case

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa.

  • Andy Rooney, wry '60 Minutes' commentator, dies

    NEW YORK - Andy Rooney so dreaded the day he had to end his signature "60 Minutes" commentaries about life's large and small absurdities that he kept going until he was 92 years old. Even then, he said he wasn't retiring. Writers never retire.



  • Yellowstone spill to cost Exxon $135M

    BILLINGS, Mont. - Exxon Mobil Corp. said Friday it expects to incur costs of about $135 million from an oil pipeline break beneath Montana's Yellowstone River that triggered a massive effort to limit damage to the scenic waterway.

  • Groupon sizzles in public debut but worries linger

    NEW YORK - Groupon's stock sizzled in its public debut Friday despite concerns about its accounting practices ahead of an initial public offering and doubts about the viability of its business model.

  • Tempers flare over 6 days of Conn. power outages

    HARTFORD, Conn.

  • Fed-up consumers planning for 'Bank Transfer Day'

    NEW YORK - It's moving day for bank customers. A grassroots movement that sprang to life last month is urging bank customers to close their accounts in favor of credit unions by Saturday.

  • Book offers look at Giffords' recovery

    PHOENIX - When President George H.W. Bush came to visit her in the hospital, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords could say only "Wow!" and another word she had been uttering frequently at the time, "chicken.

  • Modest improvement in job market

    WASHINGTON - The American job market improved modestly in October, and economists looking deeper into the numbers found reasons for optimism - or at least what counts for optimism in this agonizingly slow economic recovery. The nation added 80,000 jobs.

  • Europe finds little help with debt crisis at G-20 summit

    CANNES, France — Europe failed to get the leaders of the world’s wealthiest economies to help out with its debt troubles, but everyone left a G-20 summit Friday relieved that at least they forced the Greek prime minister not to hold the world hostage with a bailout vote.

    It took a public berating of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, and Greece’s politics are in upheaval as a result, but the shaky bailout plan appears back on track for now.



  • Corzine quits securities firm, hires criminal attorney

    WASHINGTON - He set out to create a mini-Goldman Sachs. In the end, he built a mini-Lehman Brothers. Former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's resignation Friday from the securities firm he led capped a week of high drama and swift failure.



Oconee


Opinion


  • Dupuy: A little bit of everyone at 'Occupy' protests

    You may have heard the Occupy Wall Street protesters are being paid to camp out. I heard it; they're being funded by a shifty billionaire and that's why they're demanding billionaires be taxed more. Seems likely. Also they're all communists and ACORN.

  • NeSmith: Good advice available almost anywhere

    What's the best advice you've ever received? "Advice is like castor oil," Josh Billings said, "easy to give, but dreadful to take." The 19th-century humorist was right about castor oil.

  • Cockburn: 'High-value' targeting is low-value strategy

    There is no denying that 2011 has been a banner year for taxpayer-funded assassinations - Osama bin Laden, Anwar Awlaki, five senior Pakistani Taliban commanders in October and many more. Given the crucial U.S.

Sports


  • LSU beats Bama 9-6 in OT

    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — No. 1 LSU gained the inside track to the BCS title game, beating No. 2 Alabama 9-6 on Drew Alleman's 25-yard field goal in overtime after a fierce defensive struggle in which neither team reached the end zone Saturday night.



  • Clarke Central draws No. 2 seed

    What couldn't be decided by 10 Region 8-AAAA games had to be decided by a pulling a name from a hat.



  • Roundup: Wolverines taste perfection

    GAINESVILLE - With its 48-25 victory at Riverside Military Academy on Friday, Prince Avenue Christian once again made school history by completing its first undefeated regular season.

  • Big blown lead ends Eagles' crazy ride

    After a lackluster first half, George Walton Academy looked nothing like a team that could pull off a fourth-quarter comeback. Not that it appeared the Bulldogs would even have that chance.

  • Robinson, Bulldogs dispose of Morehouse

    Gerald Robinson Jr. scored 20 points to lead Georgia to a 74-50 exhibition win over Morehouse at a newly renovated Stegeman Coliseum on Friday night. Robinson also dished out six assists and had three steals.

  • White: 1980 documentary a labor of love for producers

    There was little optimism when filmmaker Lenny Daniel began making a documentary on Georgia's 1980 national championship football team.

  • Watson's 294 yards ground Falcons

    Clarke Central needed two big second-half runs from senior running back Quenshaun Watson to keep pace with No. 3-ranked Flowery Branch. The Gladiators needed a third one to put the Falcons away.



  • Two coaches, two styles, but the same results

    One wears a perpetual scowl, his words robotic and succinct. With Nick Saban, it's all about "the process," which means running his football program with the meticulousness of a CEO.

  • Danica will make Sprint Cup debut at Daytona

    FORT WORTH, Texas - Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut at the season-opening Daytona 500 on Feb. 26. The only woman to win an IndyCar Series race will move full time into the Nationwide Series next year with Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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