1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (115+ words) A police officer this week saved the life of a 75-year-old man who overdosed on drugs in a westside Athens hotel room. It happened on the morning of June 15th at Microtel Inn on Ultimate Drive, where Officer Tyler Vaughn found…...

23+ hour, 33+ min ago  (542+ words) My son Levi Brimer is gifted but learning disabled. He is bipolar and I swear something only half diagnosed: a narcoleptic (diagnosed) insomniac (medicated in youth). In his life he's been a poet, comedian, dad extraordinaire, a provider/Award Winning…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (86+ words) A home in the eastside of Athens was targeted by gunfire last weekend during a drive-by shooting. It happened at around 10: 20 p. m. Saturday when shots were fired from a vehicle that struck a house on Morningview Circle, police said. No one…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (163+ words) George Anderson, 58, of Norwood Court, was arrested early in the morning of June 3rd because a woman who was driving hiim failed to dim her car's bright lights for oncoming traffic. During a traffic stop on Barnett Shoals Road police searched…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (232+ words) Athens, GA - Touring one-man puppet company, Puppet Pants of Atlanta, GA will perform an evening of handmade marionette entertainment at Dead Beat'Club on June 24 at 8: 00 pm. The club is located at 585 Barber Street. In a true "old world" style form…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (241+ words) Brandon Leon Evans, 37, of Mitchell Bridge Road, is facing a felony cruelty charge for an incident in which his infant son's skull was fractured. According to court documents, Evans was arrested as the result of an investigation into why the…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (167+ words) The Madison County Sheriff's Office posted the following on its Facebook page: We're asking the public to help us find a missing elderly male with dementia in the area of 1416 Frank Bird Rd. He is 88 years old wearing a flannel…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (81+ words) Dwayne Scott Johnson, 59, of Rolling Ridge Drive, has been indicted for allegedly sexually assaulting a 7-year-old boy. He was charged with child molestation, aggravated child molestation and sexual battery against a child under 16, according to the indictment filed on May…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (303+ words) A 54-year-old Athens auto shop worker will spend the rest of his life in federal prison after using his employment as a front to distribute hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine across northeast Georgia, federal officials announced on Friday." The FBI…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (248+ words) Released by the United States Department of Justice MACON, Ga. " The man who distributed hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine from the Rapid Lube in Athens where he worked, covertly stashing boxes in the shop, was sentenced to life in prison…...