In late April and again in May an outburst of gunfire targeted several homes in Athens where Athens-Clarke police reported no one was injured.
So far, police detectives won’t reveal if they have linked any of those shootings or determined a motive on why those homes were selected by the shooters.
However, police are also looking at possible links between that violent spree and the slaying of an Athens man who was gunned down inside a car outside Winder.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is probing the shooting death of 20-year-old Ketravian Tyvon Cole, on May 2 along Georgia Highway 316.
Donte Hill was among the 27 Classic City High School 2021 graduates, but there was a point where he was not sure he would be.
When Hill was young, his mother became sick, though he did not know it until years later. During her illness, Hill said he stopped going to school and they lost their home. For a period of time, he would sleep on the hospital floor.
“At the hospital, I walked in the room where my mother had cords attached to her and we couldn t even touch her or hug her. And they told us she had 5 minutes to live, less than 5 minutes to live,” said Hill.
UGA program helps Clarke County students develop leadership skills, career interests
Since she was 2 years old, Tiffani Richardson has had her sights set on becoming a medical professional. Whether an obstetrician, a registered nurse or what her younger self called a “baby doctor” (pediatrician), UGA’s Georgia Possible program is giving her the tools and skills to turn her lifelong dream into a career.
Richardson, a rising senior at Clarke Central High School, has been involved with Georgia Possible since she was a freshman. As part of the pilot cohort, she and 40 other Clarke County School District students from both Clarke Central and Cedar Shoals high schools receive hands-on, personalized training and resources to help prepare them for life after high school.
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Oconee County high schools placed in the top 5% of the nation s public high schools in new rankings from U.S. News and World Report.
The 2021 Best High School list looked at 24,000 public high schools and ranked 18,000 on performance and college preparedness.
North Oconee High School ranked 660th nationally; it also placed 22nd among Georgia schools. Oconee County High School ranked 1,150th nationally and 32nd in the state.
“Both North Oconee High School and Oconee County High School have longstanding traditions of academic excellence, and I commend them for once again being recognized among the top high schools in the nation,” Superintendent Jason L. Branch said.