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Online Athens
April 19, 2018
ATLANTA — Members of Georgia's highest court have unanimously elected a new leader. A news release from the Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday says Presiding Justice Harold Melton has been chosen as the next chief justice. He will succeed Chief Justice P. Harris Hines, who is set to retire Aug. 31.
Online Athens
April 19, 2018
FORSYTH, Ga. — Deputies say $4,000 worth of stolen street signs have been recovered from a home in Georgia. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office tells news outlets in a statement that deputies executed a search warrant at the residence Monday where they found 10 county road signs, 14 stop signs andÃâà...
Online Athens
April 19, 2018
GRIFFIN, Ga. — A Georgia boy who was 15 when he walked out of his high school and disappeared two years ago has been found, and a sheriff says “all indications” are that he's been “happy and thriving.” The sheriff says Aubrey Jayce Carroll, now 17, has been living under an alias as a barterer, usingÃâà...
Online Athens
April 18, 2018
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Online Athens
April 18, 2018
Special guests included Garden Club Council of Athens President Sally Allen and Azalea District of Georgia Club District Director Molly Kimler. The clubs officers attending were Diane Moore, Ina Hopkins, Louise Brockington and Connie McMillan. The club was organized in 1938 by 12 men and women,Ãâà...
Flagpole Magazine
April 18, 2018
Atlanta activist Rev. Hosea Williams used to call up Georgia Senator Wyche Fowler during elections and tell him, “Wyche, I can come out for you or against you—whichever will help you the most.” I thought about Hosea and Wyche when I heard that Nancy Denson has endorsed Harry Sims for mayor.
Online Athens
April 18, 2018
Georgia running back Elijah Holyfield (13) carries the ball during a drill during a spring NCAA college football practice in Athens, Ga., Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (Photo/Joshua L. Jones, Athens Banner-Herald). Buy Photo. [2/16]. Georgia coach Kirby Smart leads drills during a spring NCAA college footballÃâà...
FOX 5 Atlanta
April 3, 2018
ATHENS, Ga. - Police have been several arrests after a drive-by shooting in Athens last Friday. On March 20, around 1 p.m., officers were called to Spring Valley Mobile Home Park. Upon arrival, police found multiple rounds at the scene. No one was injured, and none of the homes were damaged.
Seattle Times
April 3, 2018
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Two Georgia teens have been arrested and police are still searching for a third person tied to a shootout at a Goodwill store and drive-by shooting at a mobile home park. Police in Athens said Monday that Ladaryan Tharasher and Jarvis Clark, both 18, are facing aggravated assaultÃâà...
Red and Black
April 2, 2018
Four individuals have been arrested in relation to a string of shooting incidents in the Athens area, which Athens-Clarke County police believe could be in relation to gang activity, according to a press release. On March 30 at approximately 1 p.m., police responded to a shooting at Spring Valley MobileÃâà...
Red and Black
April 1, 2018
“I think it's disastrous for all employees who hold that insurance in the state of Georgia,” said Annelie Klein, student affairs professional II in the College of Pharmacy, in a previous The Red & Black interview. Piedmont is based in Atlanta and has an urgent care and hospital in Athens. "This does not in anyÃâà...
Online Athens
March 31, 2018
Laihal Cole hunts for Easter eggs at Rocksprings Park in Athens, Ga., Saturday, March 31, 2018. Local children parents and even grandparents turned out in droves to take part in the annual Easter egg hunts around Athens. Events took place at Rocksprings Park and Lay Park to name a few with each eggÃâà...
Online Athens
March 8, 2018
Contrary to the belief of a Winterville council member, the Georgia Smokefree Air Act that restricts smoking in public places does not allow a town to enact an ordinance prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to adults (Winterville Sets Hearing on Tobacco Ordinance, Athens Banner-Herald, March 2, 2018).
Online Athens
March 8, 2018
University of Georgia police said they were trying to identify the owner of a loaded gun that was recently found at a campus bus stop. They also want to learn how the semiautomatic weapon came to be there, “recklessly endangering the safety of anyone who would come across it,” according to a UGAÃâà...
Online Athens
March 8, 2018
“There is no better way to go in Georgia than to work in an incubator,” Shimkets said. “You really need this kind of resource.” Abeome is a “graduate” of Innovation Gateway and recently moved into its own building in Bogart. The company focuses on developing therapeutic monoclonal antibodies to treat aÃâà...
Online Athens
March 8, 2018
COVINGTON, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the cause of death of a teen-aged girl whose body was pulled from a Georgia river last weekend. WSB-TV reports that a fisherman found the body Saturday in the Yellow River, which flows through suburbs east of Atlanta.
Online Athens
March 8, 2018
A 60-year-old man was assaulted and robbed Tuesday night as he walked on an Athens street, Athens-Clarke County police said. The victim told police he had gotten off a city bus on East Broad Street, and as he walked down Derby Street toward a Branch Street residence he was attacked from behind byÃâà...
Online Athens
March 7, 2018
Clarke County School District police were investigating a woman's complaint that her 11-year-old son endured four months of bullying at Howard B. Stroud Elementary School before one of his tormentors beat him up in school on Thursday, according to an Athens-Clarke County police said. Just prior to theÃâà...
Online Athens
March 7, 2018
A section of Commerce Road was reduced to one northbound lane Wednesday morning due to an overturned logging truck, Athens-Clarke County police said. The cause of the 5:30 a.m. wreck near Newton Bridge Road was not immediately known, but no injuries were reported. The clean-up continuedÃâà...
Flagpole Magazine
March 7, 2018
Thousands of fabulous Flagpole readers voted in this year's Flagpole Athens Favorites Contest. Condragulations to all of the Athens businesses who won or were chosen runner up in over 100 categories. Thanks to the fierce Flagpole staff who made this issue possible. The flawless layout and designsÃâà...
Atlanta Journal Constitution
February 26, 2018
Don't sleep on this Georgia city that was recently named among America's 'coolest Southern towns'. 0 ... In fact, some of America's best Southern towns — including Georgia's beloved Athens — often fly under the radar. ... The city of Athens, lauded for its food, music and art scene, came in fourth on the list.
Red and Black
December 31, 1999
Joe Fu, 60, Mathematics professor from Boston, Massachusetts, speaks about the importance of healthcare reform in Athens, Georgia on Thursday, March 29, 2018. He argues that the games that corporations play threaten the lives of millions of people. (Photo/Jason Born).
Atlanta Business Chronicle
December 31, 1999
A super cool 35-acre mixed-use project with a big music venue, apartments, retail and a Terrapin Beer Co. warehouse is planned in Athens, Ga. Knotting ... The project site is at 100 Newton Bridge Road, which is on the northside of Athens a couple of miles from The University of Georgia. "We want this toÃâà...
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