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BOC forms committee to study jail project options
Madison County leaders will soon determine how a projected $12.4 million will be spent if voters renew a one-cent sales tax in November.
Richard Palmer Huff, 96, entered into eternal rest on Friday, May 10, 2013. He was born in Danielsville on November 6, 1916, the son of Susan Burroughs Huff and Joseph Young Huff.
Madison Co. now home base for DA
Madison County is now the home base for the Northern Judicial Circuit's new district attorney.
Hull Asbury Atwater II died Friday, May 10, 2013. He was born in 1938 in Tifton to Sarah Cochran Atwater and Hull Asbury Atwater I. He is survived by his wife, Ann Yancey Atwater; his children, Hull Asbury Atwater III and Elizabeth Yancey Davis; and his sister and brother-in-law, Sally Atwater Carmichael and Doug Carmichael of Danielsville.
FORGERY: On April 30, Cpl. Josh Smith met with an employee of Engineering & Cycle Co.
Athens-area legislators talk ethics, guns
The local legislative delegation spoke Monday at the monthly Athens-Clarke County Federation of Neighborhoods to give a recap of the most recent session.
Tag reader leads to recovery of stolen vehicle
The Commerce Police Department's new auto tag reader resulted in the recovery last week of a vehicle reported stolen in Athens-Clarke. A Commerce officer was on patrol on U.S. 441 southbound when the tag reader alerted him that a vehicle was stolen.
Commissioners start offering views on SPLOST allocation
Madison County commissioners got down to the nuts and bolts of the one-cent sales tax referendum April 22 - what organizations will get funding and how much will they get.
Local residents aim to keep children fed during the summer
For some unfortunate Madison County children, when school is over, so are the regular meals.
UNDERAGE DRINKERS: On April 15, Deputy Todd Whiddon was dispatched to the Charlie Bolton Road and Aiken Road area in response to a report of loud music.
Actions filed in Madison County Superior Court
Actions filed recently in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Madison County are as follows: a Matthew Scott Haley, 22, 520 Sorrow Patterson Road, Colbert, was sentenced to five years probation and fined $320 for theft by taking .
D'ville mayor makes case for more sales tax funds for city's water, sewer system
Danielsville Mayor Todd Higdon says people will not want to come to the county seat if the bathrooms at its restaurants carry a sewage smell.
UGA Leaders Say No to Guns on Campus, SWAT Call on I-85 and Christmas Movie to Be Filmed in Gwinnett
Guns on Campus? UGA President and President-to-Be Say No - Athens Patch Should people allowed to carry firearms on the University of Georgia campus? No, say both outgoing UGA president Michael Adams and incoming UGA president Jere Morehead.