Athens News

Longtime local activist Melissa Link, a regular presence in the audience at Athens-Clarke County Commission meetings, has won a seat on the commission, claiming victory in a Tuesday runoff against political newcomer Rachel Watkins.

It has been years since I wrote a column for this fine newspaper, which gave me employment for more than 20 years.

The Athens-Clarke County Library will host "Meat and Three: Athens Food Scene Then and Now" in the library's Appleton Auditorium 7 p.m. Thursday presented by local historian Milton Leathers and food and event coordinator Lee Epting.

A Clarke County grand jury recently indicted an Athens man who allegedly choked his girlfriend last year during an assault that was stopped when a witness beat him with a broom.

The University of Georgia Police are investigating a dormitory burglary over the weekend that reportedly involved a football prospect.

Items altogether worth more than $24,000 were stolen. Those stolen items included TVs, DVD players, several video game consoles, jewelry, clothing, a video recorder, cologne and watch collections, a carpet, window blinds, a flashlight-stun gun, and 3-D glasses.

Thomas Jefferson Rawls, 57, of Pine Valley Place, was arrested Sunday at a Woodhaven Parkway residence on Madison County arrest warrants charging him with child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes, Athens-Clarke County police said.

An Athens man told police he was kicked and robbed after telling the suspect he wasn't interested in buying marijuana.

A Watkinsville man who allegedly fled from police by car and foot in Oconee County told arresting officers that he had been jogging for more than five hours after he was captured Sunday night in Athens, authorities said.

The man who admitted to killing an Athens-Clarke County police officer and wounding another more than three years ago will stand trial in the downtown Athens courthouse.

Nuci's Space is seeking volunteers to help clean the 1.2-mile section of road that runs past Nuci's Space on Oconee Street from South Thomas to Oak streets.

The victim said that the car she had borrowed and parked on Julious Drive was stolen sometime between July 11 and Saturday, according to a police news release.

National Park Service officials say more than 7 million people visited Georgia parks in 2013 and had an economic benefit of about $348 million.

Here's an inside look at an area home listed for sale on Zillow.com . This home at 165 Walnut Creek Road in Athens has 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and 5,944 square feet ion 2.5 acres.

September 22, 2012; Athens, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs mascot Hairy Dog in the game against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Sanford Stadium.

When Jamie Scott drove by Jack R. Wells Homes on Hawthorne Avenue last year, commonly called Pauldoe, and saw the neighborhood he grew up in being torn down he felt a twinge of sadness.

First marred by the breach of a "gentleman's agreement" to not bring a political opponent's family into campaign cross hairs, tensions continue to rise in the fight for the Republican nomination to the 10th Congressional District.

Cataka Menena Petty, 37 of Athens, was arrested Friday after a routine traffic stop resulted in the discovery of drugs in the vehicle.

The Community Breastfeeding Coalition is working to get local restaurants on board with its mission to make the region more open to breastfeeding in public.

Athens-Clarke County this year will begin welcoming an increasing number of refugees fleeing conflict in their native lands for a new home in the U.S. The Atlanta office of the International Rescue Committee plans to open a sub-office in Athens by end of the year, and hopes to begin resettling refugee families in Athens as soon as October.