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1 month ago | 
redandblack.com | Allison Mawn |Jesse Wood |Ellis Goud
As the semester draws to a close, The Red & Black's newsroom leaders — Editor in Chief Allison Mawn, Managing Editor Jesse Wood and Deputy Editor of Standards and Practices Ellis Goud — reflect on the defining moments, personal growth and enduring impact of their time in student journalism. Their heartfelt goodbyes offer gratitude, encouragement and a glimpse into the legacy they leave behind. My college experience, to put it simply, changed my life.
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1 month ago | 
redandblack.com | Jesse Wood
Georgia’s G-Day game has long been a spectacle for Georgia fans to get familiar with the upcoming season’s team. Players like Stetson Bennett, Brock Bowers and even head coach Kirby Smart have used the game as an opportunity for a tune-up before the fall season gets underway. The game’s history, though, goes much further back than some supporters might realize.
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2 months ago | 
redandblack.com | Jesse Wood
18-year-old Hudson Welter, a member of the Three Rivers College Rodeo Team in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, lowered himself onto a writhing bull as the crowd roared, mind racing. Last summer, Welter sustained the worst injury of his career – a shattered shoulder blade, broken collarbone, four cracked ribs and a punctured lung – after being thrown from a bull. Friday night, at the annual Great Southland Stampede Rodeo, was the first time he had competed in bull riding since his accident.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
redandblack.com | Jesse Wood
A large cemetery stands in a thickly-wooded area in East Athens, almost invisible to those driving by on Fourth Street. Prominent Black Athenians – such as Morton Theatre founder Monroe Bowers “Pink” Morton and Georgia Legislature member Madison Davis, who were both born into slavery – are buried among approximately 3,500 Black Athenians, including veterans, quilters, school teachers, cooks at the University of Georgia, children and more.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
redandblack.com | Jesse Wood
Athens-Clarke County Transit Service will be suspended until Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 10 a.m. due to icy and frozen conditions. Transit was suspended as of 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21. ACCGov released a list of specific roadway notices, as well.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
redandblack.com | Jesse Wood
Athens Technical College President Andrea D. Daniel announced that the college will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 22, due to inclement weather. The campus closed on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at noon due to possible weather conditions, and the closure has now been extended. Here is a list of Athens-area schools and campuses that will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 22 due to the snow and low temperatures. Athens Technical CollegeAthens Technical College President Andrea D.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
redandblack.com | Jesse Wood
A student at Apalachee High School was arrested by the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, Jan. 8 after reports of a weapon on campus, according to an email from the Barrow County School System. School Resource Officers and administration responded to the reports immediately and secured the student and the gun. The student did not make any threats. The Barrow County School System announced that school will be canceled on Thursday, Jan.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
redandblack.com | Jesse Wood
Timothée Chalamet, an American and French actor, has been announced as ESPN College GameDay’s guest picker at the Southeastern Conference Football Championship on Saturday, Dec. 7. ESPN College GameDay is “college football’s premier pre-game show,” according to the website. The show travels to a different college campus or game site each week and often hosts special guests alongside football commentators.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
redandblack.com | Allison Mawn |Jesse Wood
Attorneys for Jose Ibarra, the man convicted of murdering 22-year-old Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus, filed for a new trial on Monday, Dec. 2. In the motion, Ibarra’s attorneys claim that the verdict is “contrary to law” and “contrary to the evidence,” and the “Court committed other efforts of law that necessitate a new trial.”On Nov.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
redandblack.com | Jesse Wood
The Iron Horse statue, an Athens staple, has been reinstated at its home along Highway 15 following extensive renovations that began on May 13 of this year. The restoration project on the 12-foot, 2,000 pound sculpture was led by Amy Abbe, a sculptor and artwork conservator who owns a private conservation studio based in Athens. Abbe collaborated with metalworker Donald Cope to tackle the extensive project.
