Athens News

Longtime Athens music scenesters lost an old friend this year when Margaret Adams passed away.

A Clarke County jury recently acquitted a man of an aggravated assault charge for having threatened an Athens police officer with a military entrenching tool last year.

Officers responded to a complaint of a man exposing himself to passing vehicles on Robert Hardeman Road near Lexington Road around 12:55am on December 9. Officers located the man who was wearing revealing underwear.

A Madison County man accused of murdering an Athens resident last year in a so-called family honor killing recently pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.

Tuesday, December 10 The West Broad Farmers Market Produce Stand opens at 4pm and features crafts, produce and prepared food vendors.

The Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute at the University of Georgia will bring P.R.I.D.E. to the Athens area on Thursday at the Athens Career Academy to help Clarke County parents prepare their 14-, 15- and 16-year-olds to drive.

This year's Athens Parade of Lights brought two things never seen before on the streets of Athens: camels that were part of a life, walking Nativity scene and Cracker, which played on a float sponsored by the 40 Watt Club and Flagpole Magazine.

With record-breaking low and high temperatures, November's climate report may offer a fair preview of this winter's projected, erratic weather patterns.

The Torrey brothers looked at the model with a careful focus, measuring in millimeters adjustments to make sure the pocket T-shirt is as perfect as they can make it.

Commerce and Jefferson won four individual titles apiece and finished in the top three of the Panther Invitational at Jackson County on Saturday.

But Branko Radulovacki is still in the race and for anyone who wants the opportunity to consider an alternative candidate to support for the U.S. Senate in the upcoming May 20, 2014 Democratic Primary, you get the chance to meet Radulovacki in Athena, GA this coming Thursday, Dec 12th at 8 pm at a meet-and-greet event.

It moved to its location on Atlanta Highway in 2010 after operating in Monroe. The land was sold recently, forcing it to find a new home or shut down, according to a news release.

Robert H. Carson Jr., a financial advisor and branch manager at Carson Advisory Inc., earned the honorific for "an unparalleled commitment to personal service and professional integrity," according to a news release.

In Athens-Clarke County, more than 80 percent of the K-12 student population is eligible for free and reduced lunch, a crucial meal that disappears in the summer and school breaks.

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Drive-By Truckers will release their new album 'English Oceans' through ATO Records on 3rd March.

Master luthier Scott Baxendale has repaired or restored guitars for a ton of legendary players over the last four decades, including Billy Gibbons, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Jr., Steve Howe and Elvis Costello.

In Athens-Clarke County, more than 80 percent of the K-12 student population is eligible for free and reduced lunch, a crucial meal that disappears in the summer and school breaks.

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