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Thursday, November 11, 2010  UGA is a billion and a half dollar per year operation with over 10,000 employees and nearly 35,000 students. But size has not shielded it from a state government looking to save money wherever it can.

Monday, October 11, 2010  The star tailback for the University of Georgia has been arrested on a warrant for failing to appear in court for a traffic violation. Caleb King is the program’s 11th player to be arrested since March.

Friday, September 17, 2010  An Athens urologist is being held at the Clarke County jail after surrendering to authorities on charges of sexual battery and rape.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009  Athens Regional Medical Center has begun a 3,700-square-foot expansion of the Loran Smith Cancer Center.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009  A group of citizen-soldiers in the Georgia National Guard are back home after serving a yearlong deployment in Iraq.

Friday, October 09, 2009  Pilgrim's Pride Corp. is closing one of its two plants in Athens and laying off about 100 workers, but the company says it expects to find jobs for them before too long.