Lexington News Archives

A look back at the top stories of the week in the Athens Banner-Herald and OnlineAthens.com . ► On Sunday ... Oglethorpe woman was mauled by dogs - Authorities identified a Lexington couple found dead outside their home as 65-year-old Sherry Allen Schweder, a librarian at the University of Georgia and her husband, Lothar Karl Schweder, 77, a ...

Foxy Gretchen, Lizzy and Noelle stand in their run Wednesday at the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter.

For the second time in less than a week, a man was killed early this morning while trying to cross Lexington Road, according to information released today by Athens-Clarke police.

The Oglethorpe County man who fed the pack of dogs that mauled and killed Lothar and Sherry Schweder near their home northeast of Lexington last week will not face criminal charges, authorities said Friday.

The dogs that authorities say killed a University of Georgia librarian and her elderly husband Friday night were euthanized Tuesday at the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter by court order.

The mauling deaths of a retired UGA professor and his wife, a longtime librarian at the university, are almost as mysterious as they are tragic.

LEXINGTON, Ga. - A shredded piece of shirt, some strands of hair and bloodstained dirt are all that remain along the rural stretch of road where authorities believe a pack of wild dogs fatally mauled an elderly couple.Sherry Schweder, a 65-year-old animal lover, was taking an evening stroll when she was attacked.

One of the feral dogs barks at another dog outside his cage Tuesday at the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter in Danielsville.

Sherry Schweder, a 65-year-old animal lover, was taking an evening stroll when she was attacked.

A University librarian and her husband were found dead by a roadside in Oglethorpe County Saturday, and authorities said Monday they were victims of a brutal dog attack.

Oglethorpe County officials said foul play was not ruled out in the deaths of an elderly couple found on a road near Lexington, Georgia.

Visiting Jehovah's Witness members discovered the bodies of an elderly Lexington couple Saturday morning along a rural stretch of road north of the city.

Madison County Middle School football players were practicing on this field behind the school, while a man was shooting an SKS assault rifle just over the ridge in the background.

An Oglethorpe County Superior Court judge has again denied lawyers' requests to hold separate trials for two men accused in a 2006 double murder in Oglethorpe County.

Officers arrested an Athens man Tuesday night for firing several gunshots into a home in Southeastern Clarke County, Athens-Clarke police said.

The daughter who allegedly shot and killed her mother in an incident off H.D. Atha Road late last month has been charged with murder following her release from the hospital Monday.

The daughter who allegedly shot and killed her mother in an incident off H.D. Atha Road late last month has been charged with murder following her release from the hospital Monday.

The daughter who allegedly shot and killed her mother in an incident off H.D. Atha Road late last month has been charged with murder following her release from the hospital Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Rogers of Statesboro, Georgia, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelly Lindsey Rogers of Athens, Georgia, to Michael Lamar Nelms of Lexington, Georgia, son of Mr.

The daughter who allegedly shot and killed her mother in an incident off H.D. Atha Road late last month has been charged with murder following her release from the hospital Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pickett of Hartwell, Georgia announce the engagement of their daughter, Christine Ruth Anne Pickett to Dean Richard Griffiths, son of Mr.

Attorney charged with fraud, embezzlement The attorney whose ads say, "Tell them you mean business" was indicted on federal charges this week.