Athens News

Aralee Strange, poet, playwright, filmmaker and founder of the popular Athens monthly open poetry forum "Word of Mouth", passed peacefully from this earth on June 15, 2013, after a lengthy illness.

A woman and teen were injured Sunday evening during a fight in the area of Paris Street and Country Club Place, Athens-Clarke police said.

An accused prostitute and her customer were arrested Sunday evening following a disturbance in a west Athens motel, Athens-Clarke police said.

The Athens Downtown Development Authority board hired a new executive director Monday, two weeks before the sitting one's contract expires.

Sunshine on a Ranney Day creates dream-room makeovers for children with long-term illnesses.

A bicyclist was hospitalized Monday morning after being struck by a drunk driver in southern Athens-Clarke County, police said.

Athens-Clarke police said two other people were seriously injured in the crash at Spring Valley Road at Taylor Lane that was reported at about 8 a.m. One of the occupants reportedly was a 4-month-old child, but it could not immediately be learned whether the infant was among the casualties.

Georgia Bulldog fanaticism is a tradition for the Woods family. As is painting an image of the UGA mascot on top of their heads.

Each day over the past month, a prisoner at the Clarke County Jail awaiting trial on criminal charges has been taken to the courthouse in downtown Athens and locked up for 10 hours in a basement holding cell.

This month will count as one of the wettest Junes in Athens history, even if the city doesn't get another drop the rest of the month.

The SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Athens has been recognized as one of the best in the franchise for the third straight year, according to a news release.

Named after the fictional character in Nickelodeon's kids show, "Rugrats," Reptar is just as playful and bright as their name might imply, creating energetic island-pop melodies on banging pianos, shimmery guitars and rattling drums.

Are you searching for your dream home? Check out some of the properties in currently on the market in Athens and see if they meet your standards.

Athens knows the Morton Theatre as the anchor of Hot Corner, where the city's black-owned businesses opened and flourished for a time.

A woman who is accused with her husband of murdering a pregnant clerk at a westside Athens convenience store more than two years ago claimed her husband acted alone, according to documents recently filed in Clarke County Superior Court.

Strange, 70, launched Word of Mouth, a poetry reading event in 2009 after moving to Athens two years earlier from Cincinnati.

Banking accounts have been established to help the family of Misty Myrick, the Waffle House waitress who was slain May 29 in Oconee County.

A medical office complex in Oconee County is looking to more than double in size over the next several years, even while its first phase is finishing up.

Lullwater will release a self-titled album independently through the quartet's Dinobird Records on September 17. The band will stage a home town show in Athens to coincide with the street week on the 21st at Caledonia Lounge.

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