Athens News

Athens, AL-Turn it over. That's the order from a judge about dash cam video. Back in April, a trooper crashed his cruiser into a car killing a couple.

Athens Elementary School is one of 83 Alabama schools awarded the U.S. Department of Agriculture's HealthierUS School Challenge Award.

Authorities say an autopsy report shows that a north Alabama woman who died after cosmetic surgery on her lips suffered from a painkiller overdose.

Limestone County school board members approved an array of personnel items during their regular monthly meeting Tuesday in Athens.

The Alabama Shakes were on our list of 30 Acts You Can't Miss at CMJ last fall, and so far they're living up to expectations.

Knology of Huntsville will soon upgrade its cable system in the Athens area to stabilize Internet speeds and improve the reliability of cable service for local customers.

The 2012 Hangout Music Festival lineup includes Dave Matthews Band, Flaming Lips, Mavis Staples, String Cheese Incident, Wilco, Skrillex, Jack White, Randy Newman, and more.

If you go What: Alabama Shakes When: 9 p.m. Saturday Where: Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399 Cost: Sold Out foxtheatre.com Behind nearly every story of an overnight success is a longer story of how they reached the turning point.

The Athens City Council will vote this month on a master plan to rezone 21 acres near Old Decatur Road from residential to mixed use.

Marchers gather on the steps of the Limestone County Courthouse to protest Alabama's immigration law, Sunday, Oct.

The Alabama Shakes continue to build solid buzz across the country as they ride the wave of critical and audience support after a monumental debut in 2011.

Construction work on Nuclear Plant Road in Athens will begin Wednesday at 8 a.m., weather permitting.

Athens Police received a phone call that a person had been stabbed in the area Plato Jones Street on Saturday evening.

Decatur police are determining what charges should be brought against an Athens woman who they say was caught with a forged check Friday.

Athens, AL- "It was really really upsetting to be able to see it and to know that our church was completely destroyed" The tornadoes that tore through Alabama on April 27th demolished United Methodist in Athens for the third time.

Limestone County authorities removed three children from this mobile home on Zehner Road on Friday morning.

Our first 2012 Women Build meeting is going to be January 31, Tuesday, at the Athens Visitor Center at 6:30PM. This meeting will revolve around organizing our groups that will lead our Women Build event.

The Athens City Council has opted not to name an interim fire chief while searching for a replacement for retiring Chief Danny Southard.

Limestone County's United Way Director Kaye McFarlan, middle, presents a certificate of appreciation to Athens Mayor Ronnie Marks, left, and Athens City Council President Jimmy Gill, right.

The current reigning Miss Limestone Rodeo, Macie Estep, was named First Runner-up in the Miss Rodeo USA pageant in Oklahoma City, OK, this past weekend.