Athens News

A woman's ex-boyfriend and another man jumped an Athens man Thursday morning as he accompanied the woman to her apartment off North Avenue, beat him and tried to rob him, Athens-Clarke police said.

Statham Police Chief Roger Tripp says he will retire later this month after five years heading the department.

A DeKalb County Superior Court judge on Wednesday temporarily barred the Georgia Bureau of Investigation from releasing crime scene photos of slain hiker Meredith Emerson to Hustler magazine.

A penny for your thoughts? Forty-four pennies to mail your electric bill, 150 to purchase a bottled water, and as many as 400 to buy a white chocolate mocha at your favorite coffee house.

Athens Technical College may get a permanent home for its expanding Walton County programs when the Walton County Board of Education closes a nontraditional high school in Monroe next year.

An Athens mother and her two young children were killed in a fiery crash in Southern Israel on Sunday, when another vehicle hit their car head-on, according to news reports and friends.

The sometimes gritty process of lawmaking resumes Monday, when the Georgia General Assembly returns from a two-week recess dominated by confrontations over how best to cut millions of dollars in state spending.

Jurors summoned to decide the fate of a man charged with trying to murder an Athens-Clarke police officer may consider instead whether he is too mentally ill to stand trial - again.

An Athens man assaulted a state probation officer Wednesday night when the officer went to the man's home in Eastern Clarke County to check on his brother, a registered sex offender, Athens-Clarke police said.

A 21-year-old man riding a bicycle died after being struck by a van early Saturday morning, police said.

Athens-Clarke police arrested two purported gang members they say threatened rivals and fired a gun during a confrontation Thursday night in a Northern Clarke County neighborhood.

This week's arrest of more than two dozen members of the violent street gang MS-13 apparently lacked an Athens connection.

Athens-Clarke police arrested two purported gang members they say threatened rivals and fired a gun during a confrontation Thursday night in a Northern Clarke County neighborhood.

An Athens-Clarke police dog took down a suspect in a Winterville burglary Wednesday, Athens-Clarke police said.

Athens-Clarke police arrested three people in connection with a home invasion robbery last week in Western Clarke County, and officers plan to make more arrests as the investigation continues.

Whitney Houston sang about children being the future, but Nappy Roots believe it.

Athens Speedway exists today only as an informal dump for old tires and mattresses and a clump of woods where Jimmy Daniel Road runs into New Jimmy Daniel Road.

Officers arrested two women on drug charges early Sunday near a strip club across the street from a private modeling service that Athens-Clarke police called a brothel after raiding it last month.

The Athens-Clarke County Commission has voted to legalize a program designed to reduce the number of feral cats in the county.

Ten years ago, Barberitos showed up in Athens with a handful of other burrito-building hopefuls and didn't have a whole lot going for it.