Athens News

Season 10, as the tables will turn when she has to whittle down a pack of hotties to just one lucky fella.

Rabbit Box is looking for silver-haired people who have stories to tell about race relations, preferably about race relations in Athens.

As a young girl living in Philadelphia during the 1950s, Yvonne Studevan and her friends had trouble finding black paper dolls to play with, so she made them.

The top half of the Civil War monument that has stood in the traffic island at East Broad Street and College Avenue for the past half-century was removed Thursday afternoon.

IF YOU GO What: Diamond JUUbilee, 60th anniversary celebration. When: Service 9 and 11:30 a.m. Sunday and forum 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Police in Clarke County are warning residents about a scam where residents are called up and told they will be arrested if they don't pay.

A crook posing as deputies with the Clarke County Sheriff's Office has called area residents to tell them that warrants were issued for their or family members arrests for failing to report for jury duty, police said.

Bobby Jerome Crook might have very long criminal history that includes arrests and convictions for theft, but it was drugs that most recently got him locked up on Wednesday.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will have its third annual art fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 22 at Central Presbyterian Church in Athens.

Athens Has Art presents another exhibit at Artini's. "Ways of Wandering," which opened Monday and sees its official reception tonight, features the paintings of Lauren Pumphrey and the photographs of Rena Edgar.

I might meet a lot of celebrities, but I'm not one to interrupt while they're eating or doing something on their down time.

Witnesses said a work truck was traveling east on Prince Avenue at about 10:30 a.m. when a car pulled out in front of it from Nacoochee Avenue and was struck on the passenger side.

Willie Wilson Ward Jr., 40, was arrested Tuesday night following a fight with his wife in their trailer at the Hallmark Estates mobile home park off Spring Valley Road, Athens-Clarke County police said.

Derrick Jermaine Gillespie, 30, of Monty Drive, was arrested early Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a woman in her home at Rolling Ridge Apartments.

The band, made up of Dan Reynolds, Ben McKee, Wayne Sermon and Daniel "Platz" Platzman, is nominated in multiple categories at the first-ever iHeartRadio Music Awards in May, including the prestigious Best New Artist category.

A convention planning magazine has placed Athens at the top of its list of "The South's Best Foodie Cities For Groups" for the second year in a row.

Athens Technical College adds $46.7 million annually to the northeast Georgia economy and accounts for more than 600 jobs, according to a new study.

Books for Keeps will present its inaugural "Are You Smarter than an Athens Grade-Schooler?" event from 6-8:30 p.m. March 22 at the Holiday Inn in Athens.

Athens-Clarke County police have asked the public's help in locating a burglary suspect to cut short his alleged crime spree.

People who are searching for ancestors involved in American wars can learn more about resources available to them at the Athens-Clarke County Library this weekend.