Athens News

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.

At about 8 p.m., Athens-Clarke County police officers spotted Rickshun Dwayne Willingham driving near Lexington Road, according to a police news release.

"Peaches have the potential to be really good as long as we don't have a bloom followed by another cold snap," said Phillip Brannen, a University of Georgia plant pathologist in Athens.

Athens-based business Dalton Carpet One's exhibit at the Athens Home and Garden Show took home the "Most Creative" award for booth design.

The Athens Community Council on Aging is seeking people ages 55 years old and older in the Athens-Clarke County area to participate in a focus group for the creation and implementation of a collaborative initiative between ACCA, the University of Georgia's Institute for Leadership Advancement and the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce.

Clark, Doris, 73, of Riverdale, 1 p.m. at Oconee Baptist Church. Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home, Athens.

About the worst that happened in Athens this winter was a couple of days when travel was difficult but not impossible.

This timelapse video of downtown Athens, Georgia was put together by Russell G. Oliver, a Masters of Environmental Planning student.

A Madison County home was destroyed by fire Thursday apparently from a blaze started by a 4-year-old boy playing with matches, according to the Madison County Sheriff's Office.

Jefferson's annual tree sale and music festival, Foliage Fest will be March 15 with a full slate of music, dance and information about trees.

A woman was returning home in her car in the 700 block of Beaverdam Road at about 3 p.m. when she saw a man jump off the back porch and run into the woods, police said.

Following a week-long trial and several days of deliberation, a Clarke County jury on Friday found an Athens man not guilty of murder in the 2012 shooting death of an elderly man during a burglary of his home.

A Clarke County grand jury this week indicted a man on charges he assaulted a 12-year-old boy in a north Athens mobile home park in January.

A Clarke County grand jury this week indicted a convicted felon who Athens-Clarke police said may have been reaching for a gun during a January traffic stop in east Athens.

A music-focused panel held this week showed Athens' world-renowned, R.E.M.-capstone music scene may not be the collegial after party it's made out to be.

Athens' hip hop scene has been busy and building, but has yet to earn much attention from outside the city limits.

SHOPLIFTING: On Feb. 26, a deputy was dispatched at 5:54 p.m. to Kohl's on Epps Bridge Parkway after a loss prevention officer detained two people for trying to leave the store with $178 in merchandise.

Warrants charging a 30-year-old teacher at South Jackson Elementary School with two counts of battery have been issued by the Jackson County Sheriff's Department, a department official said Thursday.