Police versus media in open records case

Today lawyers tangled in the Georgia Supreme Court over a case that could force police departments to release documents in unsolved crimes. The argument deals with the police use of the term "pending investigation" to refuse media requests for public information. Open records lawyers say that term is being abused by authorities to withhold public information. The case stems from an unsolved murder in Athens-Clarke County, but similar squabbles between media and police over documents play out throughout the state.

UGA looks at campus water conservation

Today members of a task force in charge of creating a water-saving plan for the University of Georgia campus are scheduled to give an update on their work. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. in the university's chapel. Workers in one area of UGA's North Campus have placed red plastic trash buckets beneath air conditioning units to collect dripping water -- to water plants. UGA President Dexter Adams says the school is also determining whether it can adapt the roofs of North Campus buildings to collect rain water. On Thursday, Athens-Clarke County Commissioners will hear details of an emergency drought plan that could go into effect as soon as November.

Report: Third kidnapping victim comes forward

A third woman now says a man posing as a taxi driver abducted her in northeast Georgia. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports the University of Georgia student says she was taken by a man in a white van who offered to take her home. The incident reportedly happened in May. Two other women have come forward claiming a man in a white van abducted them in September at a UGA football game. One of the women says the man sexually assaulted her. Athens-Clarke County police say they have made no arrests.

Female students at the University of Georgia are signing up for self-defense classes in droves. The executive director of Safe Campuses Now says one self-defense class filled up in four hours last week after an e-mail went out to students. Athens-Clarke County police are asking taxi drivers in downtown Athens to keep an eye out for a man driving a white unmarked van.