Athens News

May 25, 2012 -- On May 25, 1977, in a galaxy pretty much identical to this one, 20th Century Fox released a new sci-fi film by up-and-coming writer/director George Lucas.

Runners got "mooving" Saturday to help numerous causes during the 3rd Annual Athens Lions Club MooRun.

It's time to get your Moo on at the 2012 National Moofest in Athens, Tennessee. The event will be followed by a special concert by Steven Curtis Chapman.

Monroe County Election Commission Chairman Jim Miller was killed at a house, not where his burned car and body were found in July 2010, according to a court document recently filed by a state prosecutor.

ATHENS, Tenn. - A former McMinn County jailer has been indicted on a charge of sexual contact with a female inmate.

The McMinn County Relay for Life was held on May 10, 2012 at the Athens Regional Park.

Relay for Life events take place all over the country. The common goal is to raise money to help fight cancer.

A semi-truck driver was arraigned in court Thursday on a vehicular homicide charge for an Interstate 40 crash that killed a Lenoir City teacher's assistant.

Two Mt. Juliet city employees have been placed on administrative leave as part of an investigation into sexually explicit messages and photos being sent over city-issued cell phones and computers.

By ALEXIS ZOTOS 6 News Reporter ATHENS - The USDA reports that 23 million Americans live in a food desert.

The chairman of the opposition in the Israeli Parliament agreed early Tuesday morning to join the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a surprise move that staves off early elections.

Police in Athens are searching for two suspects following a pair of robberies on Sunday.

Chad Greene/business Journal Michael Helton unloads cleaning supplies at the Kelsan warehouse, where the company installed energy-efficient lighting and reduced its monthly energy consumption by 52 percent.

A top Kingston, Tenn., police official denied giving "special treatment" to Michael Mayfield after admitting he changed Mayfield's initial court date from May to Aug.

Update: According to the Georgia State Patrol, pedestrian, Amanda Suzanne Hudson, 18, of Athens, Tenn., was walking east from a store parking lot and walked into the path of an oncoming 2005 Ford Ranger at around 10:50 a.m. The driver of the Ranger, Shon Ashley Evans, 21, of Adairsville, could not stop in time before hitting Hudson.

The first thing you see when you go to Sun and Shade's website is a big purple link to Melonoma Cancer Research with Elizabeth Roberta Smith's picture.

This is how the story goes: My grandmother thought my mother was crazy to leave Athens, Tennessee and move to the tiny speck of a town, Jasper, Tennessee.

Tusculum College students, from left to right, Drew Baker, Charles Shrewsbury, Morgan Baese, Jabari Bunch, Ariel Hawkins and Sandy Salmons visit Poas Volcano during their recent trip to Costa Rica.