Two killed in Winder crash
Two people were killed in Winder late Friday afternoon when their vehicle skidded off the roadway and crashed.The collision was said by Winder police to have been weather related.The vehicle was...
View ArticleVIDEO: Athens-Clarke County police officers getting Tasers
Athens-Clarke County police officers will soon be equipped with Tasers.Police Chief Carter Greene said he hopes that the devices that can incapacitate violent offender by delivering an electrical jolt...
View ArticleAthens woman killed by train
An Athens woman was struck and killed by a train early Sunday morning in western Athens-Clarke County.The woman was identified as 47-year-old Juli Anne Vasenden of Michele Drive.She was struck by an...
View ArticleAthens man receives 20-year sentence for child pornography
A 22-year-old Athens man recently received a 20-year sentence following his capture by a multi-agency task force charged with tracking down those who trade in child pornography.Michael Timmons pleaded...
View ArticleAthens man suffers fractured neck in brutal block party beating
Reportedly dragged from a car and brutally beaten, an Athens man required hospitalization following the attack on Sunday.Athens-Clarke County police said the 30-year-old victim suffered a fractured...
View ArticleTwo men charged in Athens robberies
Athens-Clarke County police this week charged two Athens men in separate robberies. One of those arrested once was listed among the department’s most wanted.Neither of the this week’s arrests appeared...
View ArticlePolice looking for suspects in Athens Gardens shooting
Athens-Clarke County police are looking for suspects in a Tuesday afternoon shooting at an eastside apartment complex.No one appears to have been injured in the 12:30 p.m. incident, which placed...
View ArticleAuthorities searching for missing Athens man
Authorities from two counties were searching for a missing man late Tuesday afternoon in southeast Athens-Clarke County.The search for 62-year-old William Perry Stough was focusing on the area south...
View ArticleAuthorities cancel search for man reported missing
Authorities on Wednesday cancelled a lookout an Athens man reported missing earlier in this week.Athens-Clarke County police said family members reported William Perry Stough, 62, missing after he...
View ArticleAthens railroad crossings closed for maintenance
Three Athens railroad crossings have been closed for routine maintenance.The crossings are on Athens Drive near Old Hull Road, Cleveland Road near Darlington Station and Wynburn Avenue near Nantahala...
View ArticlePolice seek suspect in Athens Gardens assault
Athens-Clarke County police named on Wednesday one of the alleged combatants caught up in a large fight at Athens Gardens that led to a shooting in a neighboring apartment complex.Investigators have...
View ArticleAuthorities searching for missing elderly Athens man
Authorities are asking the public’s assistance in locating an elderly Athens man who has not been seen since leaving his home at 6 a.m. Wednesday.Brister Hightower possibly suffers from dementia.A...
View ArticleFour injured in Jefferson Road crash, elderly Athens woman said to be in...
A three-vehicle wreck in Athens early Thursday injured four people, one of whom reportedly is in critical condition. The collision that occurred at about 5:25 a.m. on Jefferson River Road was...
View ArticlePrison for ex-Athens cop in bribery scheme
A South Carolina man who once put criminals behind bars now must spend the next four years behind those same bars.Former Athens-Clarke County police officer Christopher Lee Burton received on Thursday...
View ArticleAthens man gunned down by cousin
An Athens man incurred multiple gunshot wounds after his cousin reportedly gunned him down Thursday night.Athens-Clarke County police described James Edward Johnson’s injuries as not...
View ArticleFederal court Judge Steve Jones to deliver UGA law school commencement address
U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones is coming home to Athens next month to deliver the keynote address at the University of Georgia School of Law’s Commencement.Jones was born and raised in Athens,...
View ArticleAthens man killed in fatal wreck
A 53-year-old Athens man was killed Sunday morning in a single-vehicle accident on Mitchell Bridge Road.Athens-Clarke County police said Randall Anthony Duncan was driving at about 2:40 a.m. when he...
View ArticleUGA student found dead outside convenience store
Athens-Clarke County police are investigating the weekend death of a University of Georgia student.John Eden, 22, was found dead of a gunshot wound at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday in his pickup truck parked...
View ArticleAthens man accused of two rapes, six years apart
An Athens man is facing charges he raped two different women within the past six years.When investigating an alleged rape that occurred at a Piccadilly Square residence in January, an investigator...
View ArticleAthens man allegedly rapes, beats woman
Athens-Clarke County police arrested on Tuesday a man they allege sexually assaulted and beat a woman on the county’s east side. Following the assault, the victim flagged down a police officer on East...
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