Development authority looking at downtown Athens parking rates
In a move aimed at shifting longer-term downtown Athens parking into one of two Downtown Athens Parking Services decks to make more on-street parking available to customers of downtown businesses, the...
View ArticleWalton County man has leg severed while blowing up lawn mower
A 32-year-old Walton County man’s leg was severed just below the knee with a piece of shrapnel when he and his friends blew up a lawn mower in a rural location near his home on Saturday.The men were...
View ArticleJackson County deputies seize $18,000 cash and meth in arrest of Loganville man
Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies seized more than $18,000 cash and a 1999 BMW when a Loganville man was arrested on drug charges Tuesday.Deputies working with the Aggressive Criminal Enforcement Team...
View ArticleWork proceeding on possibility of keeping downtown Athens street trees lit...
Leaving the lights on for longer than just the Christmas season is emerging as a preferred option for downtown Athens’ street trees, based on positive community reaction to this year’s decision to...
View ArticlePrincipal's news releases on Cedar Shoals rape
NEWS RELEASEMichael C. Daniel of the Athens, Georgia law firm Prior, Daniel & Wiltshire, has been retained by Dr. Tony Price, Principal at Cedar Shoals High School (CSHS), and issues the following...
View ArticleCreature Comforts brewery won't face Athens-Clarke hearing
Creature Comforts Brewing Company will not face an administrative hearing in connection with an Athens-Clarke County police report filed with his office, Athens-Clarke County Attorney Bill Berryman...
View ArticleNorth Oconee baseball vs. Buford
North Oconee lost at home to Buford 14-0 on Wednesday evening.Click here to view photos from the game.
View ArticleKirby Smart set for three stops on scaled backed UGA speaking tour
Kirby Smart will have a scaled back UGA speaking tour from what Mark Richt did in recent spring stops.Smart is expected to appear at just three fan events and men’s basketball coach Mark Fox wil be at...
View ArticleAthens-Clarke commission committee wants broader look at downtown area...
Athens-Clarke County’s failure to get an acceptable bid for a downtown Athens infrastructure project is prompting a county commission committee to ask for a wider approach to making improvements to the...
View ArticleAthens area students named 'Georgia Scholars'
A handful of Athens-area students are among the 151 graduating seniors named by the state Department of Education as “Georgia Scholars.”The appellation recognizes students who “achieved excellence in...
View ArticleTwo Madison County students are state FFA award finalists
Two Madison County students are finalists for high honors at next month’s Georgia FFA Convention.Hayden Echols is one of 12 finalists for the state “Star Farmer” award.A senior at Madison County High...
View ArticleAnimal Welfare group gives certification to Oconee's Wagon Wheel Ranch
The Animal Welfare Approved organization announced recently that Wagon Wheel Ranch has become the second farming business in Oconee County to receive a certified grassfed label under its rules.The...
View ArticleMiddle School track and field meet at North Oconee
Malcom Bridge, Oconee County, Athens Academy and Athens Christian middle school track and field teams competed Wednesday at North Oconee. The MBMS girls won by two points over Athens Christian. The...
View ArticleBomb threat called into Athens-Clarke County Courthouse, no explosives found
A bomb threat shut down the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse for several hours Thursday, but the building was cleared to enter by late afternoon.The threat was called in at 1:40 p.m., and the building,...
View ArticlePhotos: Athens couple married outside ACC Courthouse after bomb threat
Richard Gordon and Lina Aguirre were married outside the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse after a bomb threat was called into the building at approximately 1:40 p.m. Click here to see photos from their...
View ArticleBomb threat fails to halt Athens-Clarke courthouse wedding
Richard Gordon kissed his bride Lina Aguirre in front of a judge, friends and a bomb-detecting robot outside the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse Thursday.The wedding took place on the Washington Street...
View ArticlePhotos: Bomb threat called in at ACC Courthouse
A bomb threat was called in to the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse at approximately 1:40 p.m. The Athens-Clarke County Sheriff's office and members from the University of Georgia Police department...
View ArticlePhotos: Wagon Wheel Ranch receives grass fed certification
The Animal Welfare Approved organization announced recently that Wagon Wheel Ranch has become the second farming business in Oconee County to receive a certified grassfed label under its rules.Click...
View ArticleUGA practice report: QBs go at it, O-lineman out, defensive line video
Georgia's defensive line at practice Georgia’s two-day coaching clinic is underway, which meant high school coaches were lining the practice fields out at the UGA Club Sports complex on Thursday...
View ArticleCountry looks to universities to tackle 'grand challenges,' Mellon Foundation...
American research universities and the educated citizens they produce are critical to answering the “grand challenges facing our planet and all its inhabitants,” Earl Lewis, president of the Andrew W....
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