Tuesday, February 10th

There is now a trial date for Jamie Hood, the Athens man who has confessed to the 2011 murder of Athens-Clarke County Police Officer Buddy Christian: jury selection is set to start on June 1. Christian was shot and killed, partner Tony Howard shot and wounded in March of 2011. Hood was arrested several days later after a massive manhunt in Athens.

It’s another road trip for economists in the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business: they’re in Whitfield County for a breakfast session at the Dalton Country Club. They’re offering their economic forecast for Dalton and Whitfield County.

Today’s campus blood drive starts at noon in UGA’s Sanford Hall. It lasts til 5.

An Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission work session is set for 5:30 this afternoon at the Government Building on Dougherty Street.

There’s an afternoon meeting of the Athens Downtown Development Authority: 3 o’clock at the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce on West Hancock Avenue.

Athens-Clarke County Police are investigating more reported robberies: a clerk says a man stole $150 worth of cigarettes from a convenience store on Hull Road, and three burglaries are on the latest police blotter, residential break-ins on Lombardy Drive, Rushin Drive, and West Broad Street. Victims tell police they lost cash, jewelry, and electronics.

Oconee County’s Board of Tax Assessors meets, 9 o’clock this morning at the Oconee County courthouse in Watkinsville.

There was more talk about a three-county road paving program last night in Elberton: Elbert County Commissioners are considering joint paving efforts with their counterparts in Madison and Oglethorpe counties.

The Georgia State Patrol has released the names of the two people killed in a Sunday car crash in Stephens County: William Partin was 74 years old; wife Dorothy was 76. The Toccoa couple was killed when their pickup truck collided with another vehicle on Georgia Highway 17. Three people in the second vehicle were injured and taken to Athens Regional Medical Center.

Investigators in the Hall County Sheriff's Office say foul play is not suspected in the death of the man whose body was found Sunday in Lake Lanier. The body was identified Monday as that of Kelly Nash, a 25 year-old Buford man who was last seen on January 5.

Two new Hall County Juvenile Court judges take their oaths of office: Bo Weber and Allison Toller were inaugurated in swearing-in ceremonies in Gainesville.

One of the most successful coaches in college football history speaks tonight in Gainesville: Bobby Bowden, longtime coach of the Florida State Seminoles, is the featured speaker at a Federation of Christian Athletes banquet set for 6 o'clock this evening at the First Baptist Church of Gainesville.

There is an execution date for the only woman on Georgia's death row. Kelly Gissendander was convicted of killing her husband in Gwinnett County. She's scheduled to be put to death on February 25, her punishment for arranging the murder that was committed in 1997.

Fire at a poultry house in Cherokee County: 19,000 chickens were killed. Cherokee County firefighters say no people were injured.

State health officials say the infant patient diagnosed with Georgia's first measles case since 2012 is being treated at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

Atlanta Police have a homicide on their hands: a man was shot and killed in northwest Atlanta.

Douglas County Sheriff's Office investigators now say 33 year-old Cedric Prather was upset over taxes and child support payments: he's the man who is believed to have shot himself after shooting and killing four other people--two of them children--this past weekend at a home in Douglasville. Also killed were Prather's ex-wife and her boyfriend.

The Georgia House Transportation Committee takes up a new funding bill designed to pay for road and bridge work: the initial plan rolled out by House leadership has come under fire from local governments, who say they would bear the brunt of a proposed change from a state gas tax to an excise tax.

Georgia lawmakers are starting to take a closer look at the legislative calendar, with now 12 days down in this year's 40-day session: they're aiming at a March 13 crossover day--the last day for bills to pass from House to Senate or from Senate to House--and they're looking to adjourn this year’s session on April 2.

State revenue officials say Georgia’s tax take is up again: January tax collections were up 3 percent from January of 2014, totaling $1.8 billion, an increase of almost $54 million.

Governor Nathan Deal says Georgia experienced record increases in both exports and imports for the fifth straight year. Georgia saw a 4.9 percent increase in exports and an 11.5 percent increase in imports compared to the last fiscal year. The U.S. Census Bureau says Georgia held on to its ranking as 11th in the nation in exporting.