UGA Students Die in Crash, Woman Killed on I-85, Weekend Storm Forecast: News Nearby

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• Woman Killed After Exiting Vehicle on I-85
• Thunderstorm Threat Settles In: Weekend Weather in Georgia
• Man Indicted For Stabbing Brother During Fight

Anheuser-Busch Sends Water To Houston Flood Victims

Anheuser-Busch will ship 102,888 cans of clean drinking water to victims of severe flooding recorded in Houston, Texas.

Communities throughout Harris and Waller counties are in dire need of fresh water as they recover from widespread, surging floodwaters caused by significant rainfall across the region. >>> Read more.

Image via Anheuser-Busch

Four UGA Students Killed In Oconee Crash

Four University of Georgia students, all from metro Atlanta, were killed and a fifth was critically injured in a car wreck Wednesday night in Oconee County.

The victims, all of them women, were in a Toyota Camry that struck another vehicle on Highway 15, a two-lane, just outside of Watkinsville, according to Georgia State Patrol.

"We grieve with them and we pray for comfort and solace during these unimaginable circumstances," Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry said in one of a string of posts on the sheriff's office Facebook page. >>> Read more.

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