A draft version of the long anticipated Georgia Department of Transportation road safety audit for Prince Avenue has been released: summary recommendations from the DOT include lower speed limits and more traffic calming measures from the stretch of Prince between Milledge Avenue and downtown Athens.

The University of Georgia lines up a high-profile for its 12th annual Martin Luther King Junior Freedom Breakfast: former Atlanta Mayor and U.S. ambassador Andrew Young will speak at the event that takes place two weeks from today at UGA's Tate Student Center.

Not quite as cold today as Thursday in Athens and northeast Georgia: Athens bottomed out at 11 degrees Thursday morning, and temperatures struggled to climb above the freezing mark Thursday afternoon. Today, we awake to upper teens and low twenties, warming into the 40s by this afternoon.

The sixth annual Green Life Expo is set for Saturday at the Classic Center. Tomorrow’s event, organized by the Athens-Clarke County Recycling Division, features dozens of exhibitors. It gets underway at 10 and lasts til 4.

The annual Clarke County School District Science and Engineering Fair takes place tomorrow.

Not quite as cold as Thursday morning, but another day with wake-up temperatures in the teens and low twenties for Athens and northeast Georgia: forecasters say we are in for a slight warm-up for the weekend, then a slight chance of freezing precipitation Monday.

The Jefferson City Council meets again today, with Council members interviewing the second of two finalists to be the next City Manager: this afternoon’s session is set for 2:30 in the Jefferson Station meeting room. The Council will meet with Jason Tinsley, who is an administrator in Jesup. Thursday’s meeting featured a Council interview with Ben Andrews, a community development director in Americus.

Fire destroys a home in Bethlehem and displaces a family of four. Barrow County firefighters say there were no injuries; they are still searching for the cause of the blaze.

A South Carolina man faces a long list of charges after a high-speed police chase through Stephens and Franklin counties: Georgia State Troopers say Trevor Kilgore is 27 years old, from Starr South Carolina. The chase along i-85 ended when Kilgore crashed his car in Toccoa. Investigators now say it was a stolen car, swiped out of Anderson County South Carolina. Charges against Kilgore include DUI.

Today is the last day for spring semester drop/add at the University of North Georgia.

Water pipes at an assisted living facility in Hall County were a casualty of Thursday’s bone-chilling temperatures: residents of the Summer’s Landing at Limestone nursing home were forced to evacuate for about an hour while crews repaired the damage.

There are cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine possession and trafficking charges for a suspected gang member arrested in Gainesville: the Hall County Sheriff’s Office says the arrest came during a raid at a home on Driskell Drive in Gainesville. Suspect Jose Cardenas is 21 years old, from Gainesville.

The Hall County Sheriff’s Office says its deputies handed out winter coats to several children who were shivering at Hall County bus stops Thursday. The office is now taking donations to help restock the supply of coats, more of which could be needed this morning.

Gwinnett County Police search for two suspects in the thefts of two high-end cars stolen from an Audi dealership in Snellville: Gwinnett Police say the cars total about $200,000 in value.

As clubs go, it is an Atlanta icon: the Punchline Comedy Club is closing in the spring, relocating elsewhere in Atlanta, exactly where, not yet determined.

Atlanta was the last U.S. city to host the summer Olympic games. That was back in 1996. Now comes word that Boston will be on the 2024 Olympics, the only American city to do so.

An evacuation in Atlanta: residents forced out of a high rise on 17th street because of a gas leak.

Cutbacks at Coca-Cola: 1800 layoffs worldwide, 500 of them in Atlanta.

City officials in Sandy Springs issue a moratorium on construction of new convenience stores.

There was an emotional ceremony at Dobbins Air Reserve Base on Thursday as more than 150 members of the 94th Airlift Wing deploy to the Middle East.

An apartment fire displaces two dozen residents in College Park. No injuries reported.

A federal judge Thursday dismissed the state of Georgia’s motion to stop a challenge to its ban on gay marriage. A spokesperson for state Attorney General Sam Olens, who is defending the ban in court, says his office is reviewing the judge’s ruling.

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