Winterville News

The cost of a $51 million Clarke County Jail expansion scheduled to begin in 2011 is on par with other recently built jails, but Athens taxpayers may be getting less for their money.

The East Georgia Chapter of the American Red Cross will host its 24th annual Sleighbell 5K Walk/Run on Dec.

Athens-Clarke police arrested an angry driver after he pointed a pistol at a woman and her 5-year-old son while sitting in traffic about 9 p.m. Saturday, according to a report.

Last year, Peach State Speedway was in danger of closing its doors, just as dozens of other tracks in the Southeast have done this decade.

The man who shot and killed his former girlfriend then committed suicide Thursday nearly killed a third person as he apparently tried to escape from police.

The Winterville, GA Planning Commission rejected the idea of creating a special "assisted residential district" for a center for developmentally disabled people, saying that the proposal was too vague.

Winterville will hold a town hall discussion at 7 tonight in the Winterville Depot titled "Honor Our Past; Prepare for Our Future" to consider the future use of the historic Winterville School.

Thirty-four schools in Northeast Georgia with a high number of disadvantaged students were named "Title I Distinguished Schools" this afternoon for meeting achievement benchmarks for at least three years in a row.

The annual "Thanks for Our Freedom" Veterans Day appreciation will be held at 10:30 a.m. Nov.

Padgett Business Services President and Chief Operation Officer Roger Harris again was named to Accounting Today's Top 100 People.

Melanie Hennings' son was born in a Paris hospital six years ago. Not only was prenatal care and her hospital stay free under the French health care system, but her son, Nicolo, was entitled to five years of free wellness visits to the doctor, said Hennings, an Athens teacher who lived in Europe from 1997 to 2004.

Winterville's Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing Nov. 2 to take comments about a proposed new zoning class.

George the Tool Guy, a character developed by Kathy Hodge as a curriculum aid, greets students Monday at Winterville Elementary School.

A thief ripped through the cover of a Jeep while parked at the owner's home in the 100 block of Allyson Way in Winterville between 11 p.m. Sunday and 1 a.m. Monday and stole a camera, a radar detector, a GPS unit, jewelry and a compact disc case with a total value of $1,399, Athens-Clarke police said.

Mary and Harold Zornig celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on October 3 with immediate family and close friends in Athens, GA.

Near the end of my nearly 30 years of public school teaching, I find myself the case manager for a small group of high school students, most with autism spectrum disorder.

For much of the past 200 years, the prevailing opinion was that people with disabilities should be separated from the rest of us, for their own good and the good of society.

Thieves stole a Winterville man's 2000 Ford Mustang after he parked it at Laurel Ridge Apartments, 195 Epps Bridge Road, about 11 p.m. Monday.

Friends and fellow musicians are mourning the loss of Jon Guthrie, who died early Sunday when he lost control of his car on Beaverdam Road and crashed into a creek.

Oglethorpe County officials are offering a reward to help catch people who are stealing street signs and, in the process, hampering rescue workers as they try to respond to emergencies.