Athens News

"English Oceans," the new album by Athens, Ga.-based Drive-By Truckers, has everything we've come to expect from them: solid, guitar-heavy songs, tales of everyday despair and transcendence and a coterie of shady characters .

Athens-Clarke County police said they are investigating the reported robbery on Monday of more than $1,300 out of a woman's bra at a west Athens motel.

A Statham man reported Monday that he was the victim of an alleged carjacking the day before in west Athens.

Authorities on Monday arrested a convicted child molester who failed to register as a sex offender upon his release from custody last week.

An Athens man was sentenced to life in prison after a Clarke County jury convicted him Monday of murdering another man who was shot to death in 2012 in the Stonehenge neighborhood of western Athens-Clarke County.

Authorities have no suspects in the theft of an Athens' man pickup truck, stolen Thursday in Oconee County and recovered Monday morning in Jackson County.

Georgia insurance commissioner Ralph Hudgens gave an appraisal of federal health care reform Feb. 20 to a roomful of Republicans at the Ila Restaurant.

ATHENS, Ga. - The Classic Center is proud to present their latest exhibits, "Terrain: Painting the South" and "Home," on display beginning March 17. "Terrain: Painting the South" features landscape paintings by four Athens-based, widely published artists, June Ball, Andy Cherwick, Robert Clements and Philip Juras.

His former band Drivin' N Cryin' broke the sad news on their Facebook.com page over the weekend , and announced plans for a memorial service at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia on 5 April .

The Athens-Clarke County Police Department recently named Det. Richard Boyle Officer of the Year for 2013 for outstanding work as a robbery-homicide investigator.

Athens-Clarke County police Sgt. Courtney Gale was making some extra money the night of Dec. 11, 2007, working in uniform as a security guard at the Alps Road Kroger.

Nearly a dozen University of Georgia students arrested for allegedly engaging in hazing lined pledges up against a wall and took turns striking them as part of an initiation rite, according to arrest warrants filed by UGA police.

The University of Georgia is currently working to restore the 10 cast iron lampposts located at the entrance to North Campus in front of the Holmes-Hunter building and the Chapel and gifted to the university by the 1914 senior class.

Athens-Clarke County Police Media Release, March 9 Assault An Athens man reported he was struck in the back of the head by an unknown assailant while he was at Club Platinum, 1905 Commerce Rd. The incident occurred on 3/9/14 around 1 a.m. He could not provide reporting officers with suspect information or a reason for the assault.

A man living on Helen Street in Athens told police someone broke into his home and stole his TV sometime between Friday and Saturday, according to the Athens-Clarke police.

The Birchmore Trail Weed Warriors need volunteers to help from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 15 at Memorial Park to trim and remove invasive plants and carry the removed plants to a compost pile.

Oconee Regional Humane Society: Donations of Clorox wipes, Lysol cleaner, laundry detergent, bleach, paper towels, kitchen trash bags, waste basket liners, clumping and non-clumping cat litter, dog and cat toys, flea products for dogs and cats, puppy pads, copy paper, paper clips, staples, pens and pencils, Post-It notes, Scotch tape, hand ... (more)

Economic development is nothing new for the University of Georgia, but there's a shift in focus and a new emphasis under new UGA President Jere Morehead.

It's The Month of February, Number 97 in a series. Much was made of continuing unusual cold, and for the northern half of the US it was continuing cold, at least in the eastern half.

The Red Cross will offer the following courses as part of Red Cross Month in March: a Adult CPR/AED 2-3 p.m. March 16 at 3525 Atlanta Highway.