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A Decatur woman who was scamming Athens-area businesses was arrested at her home Saturday, according to the Winder Police Department.

The boys are back and they're bringing an early Christmas present with them. Oak Ridge Boys' Christmas Show When: 7:30 p.m. Nov.

Description: Athens Academy's Annual Service Day Fashion Show held at the Athens Country Club.

Kentucky coach Rich Brooks says he won't let the Wildcats' historic win at Georgia this weekend go to his team's head as they prepare for Tennessee.

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Athens-Clarke police arrested a man about 8 p.m. Friday and put him in a warm jail cell after they fished him out of a cold North Oconee River, according to a police report.

The Associated Press Georgia mascot Uga VII sits on the sideline during the fourth quarter of against Georgia Southern in Athens last year.

Oprah Winfrey's production company says she'll announce Friday that her show will end in 2011.

Two University students were arrested and charged with felony shoplifting Wednesday night after Macy's loss prevention caught them taking $782 worth of merchandise out of the store without paying.

A man stabbed his wife to death at their apartment Thursday morning in Southeastern Clarke County, two months after she refused to press charges against him for battery, Athens-Clarke police said.

A man suspected of stabbing his wife to death this morning in Athens was captured at his mother's house in Decatur, reportedly after a standoff that involved the DeKalb County police SWAT team.

A SWAT situation in Decatur ended after an Athens murder suspect gave himself up shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday.

Police in Athens were investigating the death of a woman Thursday morning at a home on the east side of town.

Athens, Georgia, has a unique culture and is made up of many kinds of people. One of the values that Athens holds is re-use of goods and items.

Taxpayers could save $60 million in the long run on a Clarke County jail expansion if the Athens-Clarke Commission approves a new funding plan next year.

Athens-Clarke police confiscated an elderly man's driver's license after he hit a University of Georgia student as she crossed South Milledge Avenue last week, and they plan to ask the state to review the man's fitness to continue driving.

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Athens-Clarke police arrested a man after he tried too hard to make small-talk and lied about being a police officer Saturday afternoon, according to a report.

Athens-Clarke police made 23 underage drinking arrests Saturday during and after the Georgia-Auburn football game.

A homeless man robbed a woman in an Atlanta Highway parking lot Wednesday night after she turned down his pleas for money, Athens-Clarke police said.

Alvin "Rick" Thomas taps a floorboard with a hammer, and on his hands and knees, puts his cheek to the ground to make sure it's flush.

Athens-Clarke police arrested an Ohio man Saturday night for randomly punching people at the corner of College Avenue and East Broad Street after he had been kicked out of Starbucks, according to an Athens-Clarke police report.

In photos at lower left, Willie Merrill, framed by colorful cylinders, sweeps up some plastic jugs that fell off a packed bale Thursday at the Materials Recycling Facility.

Winston, an 11-month-old Bulldog ATHENS, Ga. a ' Responsible bulldog owners have to wash their dog's face folds daily, wipe their bottoms and always be on the lookout for the skin and eye irritations that the breed is prone to.

Candidates for mayor of two Franklin County towns who both lost by one vote are disputing the election results in court.

When most of us think of mariachi music, images of Mexican restaurants, parties and wedding receptions immediately come to mind.

A 37-year-old Athens man got punched by one of the men in a twosome behind his group Tuesday at Lane Creek Golf Course, according to the Oconee County Sheriff's Office.

Faced with likely tax hikes and possible layoffs next year, Athens-Clarke officials are shuffling money around to avoid making a projected $1.4 million budget shortfall even larger.

Home >> Blogs >> Blake Aued's blog >> McKillip: I won't profit off ReNew Athens Submitted by Blake Aued on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 3:18pm. State Rep.

The man who shot and killed his former girlfriend then committed suicide Thursday nearly killed a third person as he apparently tried to escape from police.

It might not be stretching things too much to suggest that Doug McKillip's law office could be one of the most crowded places on the planet on Nov.

In the photo at lower left, construction crews work on a new bridge at the East Athens Community Park on Monday.

In photos at lower left, Brandon Chambers, left, a senior at Cedar Shoals High School, and Scott Sparks, vice president of AdClub at the University of Georgia, pick up trash Sunday along the Oconee River as part of the Rivers Alive river and stream cleanup Sunday.

University of Georgia and Athens-Clarke police officers will set up traffic safety checkpoints today, after Georgia's homecoming football game against Tennessee Tech at Sanford Stadium, UGA police said.

Last year, Peach State Speedway was in danger of closing its doors, just as dozens of other tracks in the Southeast have done this decade.

A homeless man smashed a woman's head with a bat Wednesday night because he didn't like a prank the woman and her husband played as they smoked crack in the couple's home in the 500 block of Vine Street, Athens-Clarke police said.

The man who shot and killed his former girlfriend then committed suicide Thursday nearly killed a third person as he apparently tried to escape from police.

The hunt is over for a man who police suspect shot and killed a woman this afternoon in a shopping center parking lot off South Milledge Avenue.

A 27-year-old man who stayed at the Salvation Army's homeless shelter on Hawthorne Avenue snatched a $20 bill from a cashier at the charity's thrift shop next to the shelter, Athens-Clarke police said.

A man murdered his former girlfriend at an Athens shopping center Thursday afternoon then shot and killed himself some 30 miles away in Oglethorpe County when the sheriff tried to stop the car he was in, Athens-Clarke police said.

Athens-Clarke police are investigating a murder-suicide that started with a woman's body found in a parked car about a mile from the University of Georgia campus.

Police in Athens said a 20-year-old woman was shot to death at a shopping center near the University of Georgia campus, and the man suspected of shooting her was found dead in Oglethorpe County.

Watkinsville Station Fire Chief Mike Link demonstrates the department's bucket truck for Colham Ferry Elementary School Principal Jackie Carson and Assistant Principal Chuck Cunningham during the school's annual fire safety program for students in kindergarten through third grade.

The Athens-Clarke Commission has approved a new downtown parking deck as part of a project that also will include retail and office space.

The Athens-Clarke Commission gave the final go-ahead to a new downtown parking deck Tuesday night over the objections of some residents who said it will be too big and is not needed.

Terrie Fermier, center, winner of a trip to Cancun, Mexico, in a contest sponsored by Taqueria La Parrilla restaurant, shows off a mock boarding pass with Adrian Haro, left, manager of the Hog Mountain Road location where Fermier entered the contest, and Alonso Haro, manager of the Athens restaurant.

In December, the Athens Chamber Singers will commemorate their 30th anniversary with a special three-day Christmas feast and celebration.

Someone reported a suspicious car pulled into a gravel road near Hobson Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr.

Home >> Blogs >> Blake Aued's blog >> An Athens tradition: Too little, too late Submitted by Blake Aued on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 7:42pm. Less than 24 hours before the Athens-Clarke Commission is set to vote on a new downtown parking deck , opposition continues to grow.

If books could talk, Charlotte Marshall's would haunt the heck out of Athens. She is the literary crypt keeper of sorts for Oconee Hill Cemetery, having researched thousands of men, women and children interred at the historic burial ground.

From the outside, the historic Georgia Theatre in Athens looks much the same as it always has.

Madison County commission Chairman Anthony Dove always is weary when rain wakes him up at night.