Athens News

Memorial Day in America was first held in the South in honor of both the soldiers of Confederate gray and Union blue.

A former police officer accused of rocking out on stage as the lead singer of a metal band called Cousin Sleaze while he claimed he couldn't work because of an arm injury pleaded guilty to fraud on Tuesday.

A 24-year-old Madison County man, who had a propensity to run when confronted by authorities, was captured Tuesday morning in Athens, authorities said.

Two Athens-Clarke police officers working special duty at Athens Garden Apartments on Coleridge Court early Tuesday arrested an Elberton man on cocaine and marijuana charges.

T he first signature beers from Creature Comforts, Athens newest brewery, become available in Athens during Twilight Criterium this weekend.

Leaders in the Athens elder care community have launched an educational series called "Charting a Course for Care," to promote awareness of aging options.

Yes, the former Georgia defensive coordinator got a hefty increase in salary of $125,000 when he left Athens for Louisville, but the reports at the time that he would be making a guaranteed $1 million a year appear to be a little high.

With farmers' markets in full swing, fresh fruits and vegetables are readily available.

It was a little surprising last week to watch as the Athens Downtown Development Authority board perfunctorily accepted the downtown master plan it had commissioned from University of Georgia College of Environment and Design professor Jack Crowley almost two years ago.

Beginning July 1, University of Georgia buses no longer will stop on Prince Avenue if Athens-Clarke County commissioners approve a new contract between the county's transit department and the university's bus service.

The Mile High City was the epicenter for all things high on Sunday, as the most sacred day on the stoner calendar -- April 20, or 4/20 -- was marked by a host of events all across Colorado, currently the only place in the world where adults over the age of 21 can legally purchase recreational marijuana at retail stores.

Authorities are working to extradite from California an Athens man who they said in February shot his stepfather in the eye and fled the state.

The January 2014 term of the Clarke County Grand Jury and the Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office recently filed the following indictments and accusation in Clarke County Superior Court: Tekeio Tabias Browner: Indicted on charges of use of a firearm with an altered identification mark, possession of marijuana , and possession of a ... (more)

An Athens-Clarke police officer was summoned to investigate a noise complaint Sunday against an church group holding an Easter service in a rural area off Belmont Road.

Burglars broke into an home while the resident and her children were away Sunday evening and stole about $2,500 in items, according to a Athens-Clarke police report.

Every day is a good day to conserve energy, but consider Earth Day 2014 a good time to re-examine your electricity use.

The owner of a vacant duplex on Tallassee Road called police Saturday to report two sets of washers and dryers had been stolen, police said.

A man on the 100th block of Commerce Blvd. in Athens called police Saturday after discovering a military-issued grenade in a storage unit, police said.

UGArden Harvesting and Maintenance needs volunteers 2:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday to help harvest vegetables for Campus Kitchen and provide general maintenance at UGArden, a 3-acre student-run farm at the University of Georgia.

Lillian Akers Brown of Statesboro and James Michael and Mariana Brown of Chatsworth, Ga., announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Katherine Brown of Statesboro, to Nathaniel Taylor Kittrell, son of Charlie Tull Kittrell Jr. and Debbie Harper Kittrell of Waynesboro, Ga.