Lexington News

John Robert McKay has been legally blind since he was 2 years old. Back then, fluid had built up in his brain and was unable to circulate due to a shut vault.

Appling, Olin "Dad," 77, of Carlton; 2 p.m. at New Bethlehem Baptist Church; interment in the church cemetery; Jones-Lexington Funeral Home, Athens, has charge of arrangements.

Two recent University of Georgia graduates will lecture on African conflict diamonds at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Oglethorpe County Library, 858 Athens Road, Lexington.

Raising parking rates for metered spaces in downtown Athens - even after a stronger economy returns several years from now - to $2 or $2.50 an hour sounds like an odious plan by Athens-Clarke officials.

Oglethorpe County is a vote away from finally getting an animal control ordinance and an official to enforce the local law.

Crossroads Veterinary Services of Lexington will host an equine educational seminar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov.

Madison County Code Enforcement Officer Jack Huff kneels outside of a Colbert home where he served an animal complaint recently.

Athens locally grown food advocate Eric Wagoner has an appointment with representatives from the state Department of Agriculture on Monday.

U.S. Highway 78 was closed for 10 hours today after three people in a pickup were killed shortly before dawn.

Gov. Sonny Perdue is greeted by Oglethorpe County High School cheerleaders Tuesday morning during his visit to the school to present the Governor's Cup for the school's performance on the SAT.

Veterinarian Nicole Ferguson of Crossroads Veterinary Services, 210 W. Main St. in Lexington, has started a "Shelter Days Health Program" on Wednesdays to provide low-cost pet sterilizations and other vet services.

The rail depot that spurred the growth of a town soon will get a facelift and return it to its original design.

Lexington veterinarian Nicole Ferguson has grown tired of the apathetic attitude many Oglethorpe County citizens have toward roaming dogs, she said.

Lexington veterinarian Nicole Ferguson has grown tired of the apathetic attitude many Oglethorpe County citizens have toward roaming dogs, she said.

A look back at the top stories of the week in the Athens Banner-Herald and OnlineAthens.com . ► On Sunday ... Oglethorpe woman was mauled by dogs - Authorities identified a Lexington couple found dead outside their home as 65-year-old Sherry Allen Schweder, a librarian at the University of Georgia and her husband, Lothar Karl Schweder, 77, a ...

Foxy Gretchen, Lizzy and Noelle stand in their run Wednesday at the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter.

For the second time in less than a week, a man was killed early this morning while trying to cross Lexington Road, according to information released today by Athens-Clarke police.

The Oglethorpe County man who fed the pack of dogs that mauled and killed Lothar and Sherry Schweder near their home northeast of Lexington last week will not face criminal charges, authorities said Friday.

The dogs that authorities say killed a University of Georgia librarian and her elderly husband Friday night were euthanized Tuesday at the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter by court order.

The mauling deaths of a retired UGA professor and his wife, a longtime librarian at the university, are almost as mysterious as they are tragic.