Athens News

THE music of R.E.M. left such an impression on one fan, he now tours the country playing the band's music live.

"Party Down South" star Ryan "Daddy" Richards was investigated for rape and CLEARED ... after cops viewed 20 hours of videotape.

As a woman in Athens who plays music, Erica Strout of local band Incendiaries said there have been times when she felt like she wasn't "part of the club" in the town's music scene.

Most area high schools did better than state averages on Georgia's end-of-course tests, which students are required to take in eight core high school courses.

Sep 28, 2013; Athens, GA, USA; A general view of the field prior to the game between the Georgia Bulldogs and LSU Tigers at Sanford Stadium.

The latest installment of the Georgia Museum of Art's Picturing America Film Series picks Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times" as its featured movie depicting U.S. political, social and economic history on screen.

More than a dozen residents of Denney Towers, a housing complex for the elderly in downtown Athens, displayed their artwork and crafts Wednesday during the building's second annual arts fair.

It was announced Wednesday that Garth Brooks' second tour stop on his upcoming comeback world tour will be in none other than Atlanta.

Two recent graduates of Clarke County public schools will attend Athens Technical College this fall with fellowship funds provided by the Rotary Club of Athens.

A second arrest on a felony murder charge has been made in connection with the May 30 shooting of an Athens teen, Athens-Clarke County police announced in a Wednesday news release.

For Michael Wegner, it's the Grateful Dead. As a teenager, Wegner learned to play guitar by listening to Jerry Garcia's licks.

From AthFest to Slop Fest, ATHICA Emerges to Cine's Summer Comedy Classic Series, the town might be half empty of students and vacationers, but us lucky stragglers have a lot to appreciate.

A thief stole a gray Giant Boulder mountain bicycle valued at $350 from the porch of its owners home at Riverwood Apartments on Cole Manor Drive between noon Monday and 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Athens-Clarke County police said.

Documents filed this month in Clarke County Superior Court noted that a cast member of the "Party Down South" reality TV show was recently investigated for what authorities now call an unfounded rape allegation.

A Hull woman has found herself in debt for $2,600 after she fell for a scam in which she wired money to people in Connecticut and Nigeria.

RECOMMENDED READING: It's been a while since the "Recommended Reading" feature has appeared in The Editor's Desk, but I've recently run across, or been directed to, at least a couple of items that I think are worth passing on.

Sentencing has been delayed for a man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to defrauding dozens of investors in a company he ran with former University of Georgia football coach Jim Donnan.

Got 10 minutes? To be transported to Athens, Georgia? Of course you do. It's time to be American made.

Alex Zeidan Abouzeidan, 18, of Grayson, was arrested early Sunday morning in connection with a fighting incident on North Jackson Street in which another man was severely beaten, Athens-Clarke County police said.

Officers responding to a report of gunshots in a westside neighborhood early Tuesday morning ended up arresting a man on drug charges and a teen for having an outstanding arrest warrant, Athens-Clarke County police said.