Athens area snow showers expected to end by mid-evening
Scattered snow showers are expected to continue through the Athens area into tonight, the National Weather Service reported, while also warning the public that patchy black ice will be found on area...
View ArticleAnnual Girl Scout cookie sale begins Friday in Northeast Georgia
The annual Girl Scout cookie sales campaign begins Friday.Girl Scouts across Northeast Georgia participate in the fundraiser, which runs through March 6.Last year for the first time, Girl Scouts began...
View ArticleMissing UGA student found dead near College Station Road
University of Georgia police say a student who went missing Monday was found dead near College Station Road.Police said in an alert emailed to the university faculty and students sent Tuesday evening...
View ArticleRetiring Athens-Clarke County Manager Alan Reddish honored for 15 years of...
Ask Alan Reddish for the moment he learned the most about the job he left Friday after 15 years, and the former Athens-Clarke County manager talks about a September morning four months after he took...
View ArticleWidespread Panic draws "cult following" for sold-out Athens shows
The members of Widespread Panic are no strangers to sold-out shows, and neither are the band’s fans.The two shows at The Classic Center this week, beginning Tuesday, had fans lining up for them before...
View ArticleAlleged Cedar Shoals High School rape recorded by school surveillance system,...
Cedar Shoals High School’s surveillance system recorded the rape of a student that allegedly occurred last month in a stairwell while school was in session, according to an Athens-Clarke County police...
View ArticleParent anger rising over school's handling of Cedar Shoals rape report
Clarke County school officials admit something went badly wrong in the school’s disciplinary procedures after a 15-year-old student reported being raped in a stairwell of Cedar Shoals High School.“Our...
View ArticleGeorgia lawmakers seeking photographs of Vietnam veterans for national 'Wall...
Georgia lawmakers are joining in an effort to locate photos of troops from across the state who died in the Vietnam War for inclusion in a multimedia display in the planned new Education Center at the...
View ArticleAll-clear sounded after reported shooting near UGA Health Sciences Campus
Authorities have given the all-clear following a shooting incident this afternoon near the University of Georgia’s Health Sciences Campus.A gunman who fired at a residence directly behind the campus...
View ArticleRegion basketball tournament scores and schedules
Region basketball tournaments are underway and will conclude on Saturday. Here’s a look at the brackets for each tournament:Region 8-AAAAABoysTuesdayat Cedar ShoalsGame 1: Heritage-Conyers d....
View Article5 things to do around Athens this weekend
Click here to check out 5 things to do around Athens this Valentine's Day weekend.
View ArticleWidespread Panic performs at The Classic Center
Widespread Panic performed to a sold out crowd at The Classic Center Wednesday night. See photos here.
View ArticleAthens-Clarke mayor and commission to pursue public health assessment of...
Athens-Clarke County’s mayor and commission began Wednesday to set some priorities for funding in the upcoming fiscal year and beyond, indicating they’d like to pursue a public health assessment of the...
View ArticleGeorgia lawmakers seeking photographs of Vietnam veterans for national 'Wall...
Georgia lawmakers are joining in an effort to locate photos of troops from across the state who died in the Vietnam War for inclusion in a multimedia display in the planned new Education Center at the...
View ArticleMovies playing this week
NOW PLAYINGThe 5th Wave: In what appears to be a kind of extraterrestrial “Twilight” series aimed at a young adult audience without a new “Hunger Games” or “Maze Runner” film to go see, this sci-fi...
View Article"Southbound" offers five horrifying stories of life (and death) on the road
I’m a firm believer in choosing your road trip companions very carefully, and it has nothing to do with the possibility of being confronted with annoying habits or conflicting political views. In the...
View ArticleEvents around Athens on Thursday, Feb. 11
Nature Ramblers: 8:30 a.m., meet at Shade Garden Arbor, State Botanical Gardens of Georgia, 2450 S. Milledge Ave. A nature reading followed by a ramble through the garden. Group will stop to view...
View ArticleJackson County ACE unit charges man and woman with meth possession
Wayne FordA special crime suppression unit that hit the road two weeks ago in Jackson County arrested a man and woman Monday on methamphetamine charges.The Aggressive Criminal Enforcement Team (ACE)...
View ArticleOpening Credits: "Deadpool", "How To Be Single", "Zoolander 2"
OPENING CREDITSDeadpool: In what has to be the world’s first raunchy, ultra-violent R-rated superhero comedy from a major studio, Ryan Reynolds (“Van Wilder”) comes back from his “Green Hornet” debacle...
View ArticleAthens fantasy writer to release third novel with a goblin heroine
Fantasy stories are strange, exhilarating tales happening in mystic places.Athenian G. Derek Adams quite often lets his mind slip into the abyss of these mysterious lands inhabited by elves, goblins,...
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