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Charles Hosch made the 2.5-mile trek to Blood Mountain's summit on Nov. 11 to collect dirt from what he considered a sacred place. He spoke to two men near the top and was headed back down.

After that, Hosch vanished.

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[Scott Fowler @scott_fowler]

Because this soundbite from Chase Elliott became a talking point, I wrote a story about it - and about what his father did, 25 years ago, in a similar situation.
Here it is, in FREE gift link form: https://t.co/RTiuTb0I3O

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@JHoffinCincy Thanks, man. Hope you’re doing well

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Inside a Georgia classroom earlier this year, fifth graders saw a different side of NASCAR legend Kyle Busch.
“Kyle at the track has always been this hardball, sarcastic and competitive. Not a lot of people got to see that he had an extremely soft side.”
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ATHENS — A recent wave of professional sports investment is testing whether this college town long defined by the Georgia Bulldogs can support multiple pro franchises long term. https://t.co/ONup2ZmwIX

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With sellout crowds, offbeat promotions and a team contending at the top of its league as it faces off in the first round of the playoffs Friday, the Athens Rock Lobsters have sparked an unlikely hockey boom in this city long defined by college football. https://t.co/qiLEzURAxS

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JD Vance: Erika Kirk skips Turning Point event in Georgia after ‘threats’ https://t.co/SmCkNB4iCT

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@georgeja48 Awesome to hear, George. Enjoy!

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Georgia Bulldogs legend Loran Smith watched Arnold Palmer win the 1960 Masters. Smith, 87, has returned every year since, still searching for stories to tell https://t.co/NX0CMTJDVQ

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Thomasville high schooler and UGA golf signee Mason Howell got his first taste of the Masters this week. A full-circle moment Friday was more evidence it won’t be his last at Augusta National. https://t.co/bmNE06TdXH

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@Tas_SmithSr Thanks!

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As a toddler, Mason Howell launched rocks in South Georgia with plastic golf clubs and begged his dad to take him to the range.
Next week — before graduating high school — the UGA signee will tee off at the Masters.
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Two decades after he gave a "galvanizing" speech on the eve of UGA's 2005 SEC championship season, D.J. Shockley will return to Sanford Stadium to deliver another one. That's a good excuse to write about one of the most beloved players in Bulldogs history https://t.co/5rEv7Q3Ig3

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“I don’t think I ever ran into anybody who loved Georgia more.”

Though Loran Smith officially retired earlier this year from UGA, he never really left. The 87-year-old remains same as always — chasing the next great Georgia Bulldogs story. https://t.co/Hl61YnCeFv

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Ahkil Crumpton found guilty of murder for the 2021 shooting of Oconee County RaceTrac clerk Elijah Wood. Jury deliberated for just 38 minutes. Crumpton, a former University of Georgia football player, is already serving a 30-year federal sentence. https://t.co/evu9FksHiD

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The delay caused by the Gainesville-Brunswick melee isn’t new for the GHSA playoffs.

Fifty years ago, a hotly disputed final seconds of the 1975 Douglass-Lakeside semifinal spiraled into 10 days of rulings. Only, rather than punches, there was a clock.

https://t.co/XHJWkl3Ik7

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Elijah Wood, the 23-year-old RaceTrac gas station clerk killed in 2021, performed a “noble job” by covering the graveyard shift for a sick co-worker, prosecutors said Monday in opening statements at the murder trial of the man accused of gunning him down.

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If you ever stood in line for fried chicken or pork chops or steak and gravy, you know it isn’t just lunch. It’s Athens.
Weaver D's is up for sale again — for real this time, Dexter says — and it feels like the end of something we’ll never see again. https://t.co/hD38rsdZk3

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Georgia football’s game against Texas this weekend already set records well before kickoff.

The Athens-Ben Epps Airport will handle the most incoming and outgoing weekend flights in its 100-plus-year history.
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