Athens News

The eyes of the nation turned to Madison County 50 years ago July 11 when a black WWII veteran was murdered in the night by the Ku Klux Klan.

A condemned Arizona inmate gasped and snorted for more than an hour and a half during his execution Wednesday before he died in an episode sure to add to the scrutiny surrounding the death penalty in the U.S. Now that Georgia Republicans have settled on businessman David Perdue as their nominee for the state's open Senate seat, the real battle ... (more)

The thefts were not reported until Tuesday. a A car was broken into at Oak Hill Apartments on Oak Hill Drive between 8:30 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Athens-Clarke County police have issued a lookout for one of two gunmen who robbed a Prince Avenue restaurant last week, pistol-whipping the manager and forcing him into a freezer.

Authorities on Tuesday rounded up nearly a dozen criminal suspects during a sweep of Athens that sought out people with outstanding arrest warrants.

A pair of Athens-Clarke County police officers this week made an unexpected appearance in a television show that was being filmed downtown.

The Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department will present a gallery tour and discussion featuring "Paper Covers Rock," an exhibition of graphic and fine arts held in partnership with "Art Rocks Athens," an organization seeking to revisit, celebrate and archive the unique relationship of art and music in Athens between 1975-1985.

From the U.S. Tennis Association The USTA announced that Athens-Clarke Tennis Center in Athens, Ga., is one of 12 winners of its 33rd annual USTA Facility Awards Program, which recognizes excellence in the construction and/or renovation of tennis facilities throughout the country.

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.