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Meggy Shaffer, 12, peers out of a present as she rides a float during Thursday night's parade.

Whatever they undertake at their January voting meeting, there is one thing Athens-Clarke County's mayor and commission should have on the agenda for that session.

The State Ethics Commission today dismissed ethics charges against Athens lobbyist and one-time NFL wide receiver Willie Green, who had made an $80,000 loan in February to disgraced former state Rep.

Senior James Colquitt, son of Tracy Colquitt and Carey Colquitt of Athens, was named Athens Academy's Homecoming King on Oct.

Investigators continued to search Tuesday for people who saw the fight that left a man dead outside a northside nightclub early Sunday.

Christmas trees aren't exactly hard to find. Tree farms flourish this time of year, and retailers stock fake trees by the dozens.

A Lexington man pleaded guilty to first-degree vehicular homicide and other charges for an alcohol-related collision outside a Commerce Road bar two years ago that fatally injured one of his passengers.

The Public Affairs Department performed a skit informing attendees, dressed in gloves and hats of a prior time, about the history of women and their fight for rights, including the right to vote, during the ...

Regarding the Nov. 21 Banner-Herald story headlined "Coile student found with knife at school," I do not think the student is completely to blame.

Police likely will know today what killed a 23-year-old man who was found unresponsive early Sunday outside a nightclub in Northwest Athens.

Monday, December 01, 2008 Help the Athens Campaign for Change get out the vote for Jim Martin with email from Skip Hulett Dear CCDC members and friends, See email below from Skip Hulett about how you can help ...

Public safety agencies in the region aren't on the same wavelength, electromagnetically speaking, but that soon may change.

Parents looking for something beyond the mainstream or wanting more educational and challenging toys for their children this Christmas can find plenty of options in several Athens shops.

A 28-year-old Athens man was arrested early Saturday on misdemeanor battery charges after police said he fought with a customer and employee at a bar on the west side of downtown, according to Athens-Clarke ...

Newspapers will be vastly different in 10 years, with online versions of today's print product playing a far more prominent role than they do today.

Works by Bettie Miller are on display through Sunday at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.

The unemployment rates in the Athens metropolitan area and Northeast Georgia continued to rise in October compared to last month and the same period a year ago, the state Department of Labor said Wednesday.

A fire early Thursday nearly gutted a house in the southern part of Oconee County, Oconee Fire Chief Bruce Thaxton said.

The Banner-Herald's recent reporting on a special-purpose local option sales tax-funded tennis center, and a subsequent editorial on that report, make it apparent that a clarification of the project is in order ...

Richard Harold "Ricky" Gear held his gun straight out to make sure a motorcyclist who was bearing down on him could see the weapon.