Winterville News

Erwin, Hazel Christine Madden, 83, of Winterville; 2:30 p.m. graveside at Athens Memory Gardens; Lord & Stephens, EAST, Athens, has charge of arrangements.

Rodrigues Allen, 24, of 274 Tefel W. Drive, Hartwell, died Thursday, July 2, 2009, at Athens Regional Medical Center.

The other day, I called a telephone service center where a pleasant young man offered his help.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Arrest: On June 10, deputy Jason Ring was patrolling on Glenn Carrie Road about 9:20 a.m. when his radar showed an approaching 1990 Ford F-150 pickup traveling at 54 mph in a 35 mph zone.

Plans are in the works to convert an abandoned railroad from Athens to Greene County into a 38-mile trail.

Silversmith Ellen Cowne works on her handmade jewelry recently in her Colbert home.

City leaders signed an agreement Tuesday with the Clarke County Board of Education that deeds the historic Old Winterville School and auditorium back to the community.

Keith Karnok, aka "Mr. Keith the Magic Man," is a Watkinsville-based magician and ventriloquist.

The Youngblood Bluegrass Singers from the Winterville area will perform Saturday at the Danielsville Gospel Barn on Rogers Road off Georgia Highway 98 West.

UGA professor James Kibler will sign and discuss his new novel, "The Education of Chauncey Doolittle," the third book in his Clay Bank County series.

Oglethorpe County Commissioners are pushing forward a new law that would ban tractor-trailer trucks from some roads.

Although I haven't checked, I'll bet there is a hall of fame for post hole diggers.

The city of Winterville may reclaim the rights to two of the city's oldest and most historic buildings under an agreement the Clarke County Board of Education plans to consider tonight.

Four schools in southeastern Clarke County remained in lock-down most of the day as police searched for a masked rifleman who robbed an eastside bank this morning.

An assortment of perennial flowers and plants are for sale last week at Thyme After Thyme Nursery in Winterville.

Droves of people rushed to local post offices this week to buy Forever Stamps before the price for first-class stamps goes up Monday.

The 2009 Athens Locally Grown Farmer for a Day tour will have six monthly events, beginning May 17 at Roots Farm in Winterville.

Whatever it was - an elaborate theater set piece, an intricate economic formula or the stormy mood of a close friend - Tom Tanner just had to tweak it, try to make it better.

ATHENS, Ga. - The vehicle belonging to triple murder suspect and former University of Georgia professor George Zinkhan, has been found, according to an alert posted on the university's Web site Friday.

A police blotter item published Wednesday on Page A6 of the Athens Banner-Herald gave the wrong address for Michael Bernard Colbert, who was arrested on cocaine trafficking and other charges.