Athens News

Maggie Mae Thornton Renfro already holds a distinction that has kept her on the record books for more than a year.

Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division Loretta King and U.S. Attorney Donald W. Washington for the Western District of Louisiana announced that Daniel Earl Danforth, 30, of Minden, La., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for hate crime violations and obstruction of justice charges stemming from a cross-burning in Athens, ...

A north Louisiana man has been indicted on charges he burned a cross near an interracial couple's home to intimidate them.

Steve Ratcliff of Bossier City, La. and Amy Lietz of Athens, La. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathryn Ratcliff, to Matthew McIntosh, son of Richard and Marilyn McIntosh of Calhoun, La.

Gibsland Bank and Trust is offering a $5,000 reward for information that can help authorities capture the person who robbed the bank back on September 1. About 8:00 am that morning, a man entered the bank's branch in Athens and took an undisclosed amount of money.

A man wearing commando-style clothing has robbed Gibsland Bank and Trust's branch in the Claiborne Parish town of Athens.

When he answered America's call to arms at the outset of World War II, Aubrey L. Atkins Jr.