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Athens man fears mother, recently released from prison in murder-for-hire plot
An Athens man told police Tuesday he was concerned because he's been receiving phone calls from his mother, who was recently released from prison for a conviction on a charge she tried to hire a hit man to kill his father and other family members, Athens-Clarke police said.
ACCPD officers responded to a reported domestic disturbance at a residence on Cook Drive.
BOC approves contracts for soccer field irrigation, sodding
Madison County aims to open a soccer complex in the fall off Brewer Phillips Road.
ASSAULT: On May 11, Deputy Alan Stratton was dispatched to a home on Young Harris Road, where a woman said she had been assaulted and wanted to leave the house.
Former UGA business manager pleads to racketeering charge
A former business manager who embezzled more than $200,000 from the University of Georgia pleaded guilty Thursday in Clarke County Superior Court to one count of racketeering.
Hull mother charged with child neglect
A Hull woman was arrested recently after officer Brandon Hanley was summoned to the home regarding an intoxicated man who called for help with a young child.
Woman being treated for rabid dog bite
A woman was bitten by a rabid dog this past week in Comer. According to Madison County animal control and code enforcement director Jack Huff, a woman was bitten by a white brindle pit bull around 2 or 3 p.m. Sunday, May 6. The dog, which was estimated at five to six months old, followed the victim's children back to a house on East South Avenue in ... (more)
Three charged with meth, cocaine offenses at Hull garage
Federal immigration officials are expected to take custody of two of the three people arrested this week after methamphetamine and cocaine were seized at a small garage on U.S. Highway 29 in Hull.