Athens News

Aaron Cavin carries pruning shears as he leads students from his horticulture classroom at Clarke Central High School toward about a dozen fruit trees behind the school's greenhouse.

After a few false musical starts, friends Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood formed Drive-By Truckers in Athens, Georgia in 1996.

According to police, the rape was reported on April 11 between 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. on the east side of Athens.

The AMVETS Post in Athens expanded recently and now includes AMVETS Riders Chapter 10, which is made up of Veterans, Sons of Veterans and the Ladies Auxiliary.

A reward is being offered for the capture of a rape suspect in Athens. Athens-Clarke County Police released a composite drawing of the suspect, who allegedly raped an eastside woman between 2:30 a.m. and 5 a.m. on April 11. Police say he knocked on the door of the residence and forced his way inside when the woman answered the door.

If there was an archetype for an indie rock star, Kevin Barnes would almost certainly need to be on the shortlist.

When a band's been around for almost two decades, it typically finds a groove: Audiences know what to expect.

Art Rocks Athens, a city-wide exhibit exploring the art community that spawned Athens' world-renowned rock scene, is more than a month away from its Memorial Day weekend debut.

The Confederate monument on the East Broad Street traffic island at College Square in downtown Athens will be made whole next month.

This year's Alec Little Environmental Awards have a decidedly visual focus - the winners are a film festival and a husband-wife team of nature photographers.

Nancy Denson will be the next mayor of Athens-Clarke County. The power of incumbency, her long history of serving in elected office, and her record of service to the community are formidable obstacles for any challenger to overcome.

Almost a year after the country superstar took the stage at Sanford Stadium, tickets for his "That's My Kind of Night" in Atlanta tour go on sale 10 a.m. Friday morning.

Defense attorneys for a woman accused of murdering a pregnant Athens convenience store clerk more than three years ago have accused prosecutors of violating a court order in the death-penalty case.

An Athens woman called Athens-Clarke County police on Monday to complain that an acquaintance from Comer had been acting out inside her home and when made to leave remained loitering in the area.

Short version: the biggest sellers are still the blandest water-beers ; but those big sales are dropping fast; and meanwhile craft beers, of which Samuel Adams is by far the largest and Sierra Nevada #2, claim only a tiny sliver of the market but are the main category that's growing.

Freshman Ben Parr tossed six shutout innings to lead No. 25 Georgia Tech to a 4-1 win over Georgia Tuesday at Russ Chandler Stadium to even the season series.

Almost two years after the process began, the final draft of a master plan for downtown Athens was turned over to the Athens Downtown Development Authority on Tuesday, with little comment from the authority board.

Two Athens teens were arrested Monday morning soon after they broke into a home on Club Drive and stole a TV, a laptop computer and a computer monitor, Athens-Clarke County police said.

Tobin Davess Adkins, 39, of Hollow Ridge Drive, was arrested Monday morning after he acted suspiciously at a home on Vincent Drive, Athens-Clarke County police said.

A woman and a friend were arrested early Tuesday morning after they scratched a car belonging to the woman's former boyfriend and flattened its tires, Athens-Clarke County police said.