Nicholson News

The University System Board of Regents may not only hike tuition and fees on Tuesday, but abandon a policy that guarantees students their tuition won't be raised after they begin studies.

The U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday released census estimates that showed the populations in most Athens-area cities and towns increased slightly between July 1, 2007, and July 1, 2008.

Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is not unlike Shakespeare's canon.

When a revenue shortfall nearly forced the Athens-Clarke government to cancel Athens' annual July Fourth fireworks show at Bishop Park, smalltown fireworks organizers across the area kind of shook their heads at the aerial display's $10,000 price tag.

In the wake of the fire that destroyed the Georgia Theatre in Athens, The Bobby Compton Band is looking for another venue to hold the release party for its first CD, "Country Living." Around Madison: Fire interrupts CD party Story updated at 5:16 pm on 6/30/2009 In the wake of the fire that destroyed the Georgia Theatre in Athens, The Bobby Compton ...

Athens City Hall on College Avenue in downtown Athens. Special The new Lamar Dodd School of Art on the University of Georgia campus.

Medical personnel examine suspect Richard Lewis Looney after he was slightly injured while running from police who responded to a robbery Wednesday at a Golden Pantry on Prince Avenue.

There's a chance of severe thunderstorms in North Georgia today. Here is the National Weather Service forecast: Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Some storms could be severe, with damaging winds.

Three charged in fatal shooting at restaurant Three people were arrested Sunday and charged in a fatal shooting Saturday night.

Jim Hoagland has another excellent column on Obama's national security policy, which makes the rather complex points that closing Gitmo is an important first step, that the right's fear-mongering over it is silly, that those on the left who say Obama is Bush-lite on these issues are absurd, but that Obama needs to go further by developing new ...

The Athens Pirates are actively seeking volunteer host families for the 2009 summer season.

Joe Scarborough's defense of torture and its apologists has grown so desperate that he's now resorting to quotes from fictional characters in Hollywood movies to support his position.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce has announced this year's Leadership Hall County and Youth Leadership Hall classes.

A Nicholson man claimed a $500,000 Georgia Lottery prize Tuesday at the Hull convenience store where he bought the lucky "$500,000 Hold 'Em Poker" instant game ticket.

Dona TMt expect to see any big city initiatives this year. The first draft of the proposed 2009-10 Commerce budget is down almost $10 million from the current budget and has very little capital spending.

An Alpharetta man traveling more than 100 mph on U.S. Highway 441 was arrested and charged with DUI last week, according to a Jackson County sheriff's deputy's report.

A domestic dispute leads to a shooting in Nicholson Wednesday night. Steve Nichols with Jackson County Emergency Services said authorities responded to a shooting at 8353 Jefferson Drive off of Highway 441 shortly after 5 p.m. "There was a white male, age 35 to 40, in the front yard of the residence with multiple gunshot wounds," said Nichols.

A Jefferson man is in critical condition this morning in an Atlanta hospital with gunshot wounds stemming from a domestic dispute in Nicholson Wednesday afternoon.

Nicholson may never become a tourist destination, but city leaders do want to make it memorable when tourists pass through - to develop a reputation the people who live there can be proud of.

The scene has all the makings of a courtroom drama. The five-member panel hears testimony from both sides, with a lawyer and a police officer present.