Arnoldsville News

A former Oglethorpe County youth minister is under arrest for alleged child molestation.

Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 7:47 a.m. A former Oglethorpe County youth minister who was acquitted three years ago of charges that he molested a teenage girl was arrested last week, once again on child molestation charges.

Oglethorpe County officials are offering a reward to help catch people who are stealing street signs and, in the process, hampering rescue workers as they try to respond to emergencies.

An Athens woman reported her Land Rover stolen after she saw the vehicle listed for sale in an ad on the Craigslist online auction site Friday, according to Athens-Clarke police.

Lexington veterinarian Nicole Ferguson has grown tired of the apathetic attitude many Oglethorpe County citizens have toward roaming dogs, she said.

Oglethorpe County's Wolfskin Volunteer Fire Department is parting ways with its balky, beloved lime-green pumper truck.

Suggesting that President Obama is creating a private army to seize complete control of the government and declare himself dictator might be considered fighting words in Democratic circles.

Some of the dogs that were euthanized after the mauling deaths of an Oglethorpe County couple await their fate last week at the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter.

Some of the dogs that were euthanized after the mauling deaths of an Oglethorpe County couple await their fate last week at the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter.

A 10-year-old boy was arrested Monday morning after he allegedly threatened another student with a knife after she told elementary school officials he had a weapon on school property, Athens-Clarke police said.

At first, Josh McCannon's mom thought he had to be exaggerating. "I asked him to calm down," says Megan McCannon.

Plans are in the works to convert an abandoned railroad from Athens to Greene County into a 38-mile trail.

Oglethorpe County court officials will call 140 potential jurors for the August trial of two men accused in a gruesome 2006 double murder in Arnoldsville.

Bryan Barrett spends time with his daughter Autumn during a family outing in November.

Thieves looted an Arnoldsville landscaping company's truck while it was parked at River's Edge apartments, 200 Sycamore Drive, Athens-Clarke police said.

Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Aaron of Arnoldsville announce the engagement of their daughter, Katie Renee to Keith Randall Paul, son of Mr.