According to a GoFundMe campaign created to support the owner, the closure was due to the construction and expansion of a nearby hotel, which left the business unable to continue operating. The owner, ...

Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School will be renamed Donovan Catholic School starting in the 2025-26 school year. This expansion is a partnership with St. Joseph Catholic Parish School, which will ...

The View at NoDA, a new public housing development, opened near downtown Athens. The View at NoDA offers 120 apartments with varying rental rates for a range of incomes. Funding for the project ...

The SEC Softball Tournament begins on May 6 in Athens, Georgia. Oklahoma is the No. 1 seed. Texas A&M is seeded second, followed by Texas and Tennessee. All four received a double bye into the ...

The Varsity, a Georgia-based fast-food chain, opened a new location in Watkinsville, near Athens. The new location is smaller than the previous Athens Varsity, which closed in 2021. The menu features ...

One bill reduces the state income tax rate from 5.39% to 5.19%. The other bill provides a one-time tax rebate of $250 for single filers, $375 for heads of households, and $500 for married couples ...

Boar's Head is recalling more than 200,000 pounds of liverwurst and other deli meats due to possible listeria contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Safety ...

Mrs. Karen Stafford Saye passed away on her birthday, May 13, 2024. Mrs. Saye, the daughter of W. A. "Dub" Stafford and Anna Cathryn Jones of Athens, Georgia, is survived by her husband of 43 years, ...

We are deeply saddened that Harry Ruston "Russ" Gunter passed away on May 10th, 2024. Russ grew up in a loving household in DeKalb County, Ga the son of the late Julia Mae Kelly Gunter and Charles ...

Gail Heard, 64, of Comer died May 9, 2024. Viewing will be Wed. May 15, 2024 from 1-6 pm.at the funeral home. The funeral service will be Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 1:00 pm at Thankful Grove Baptist ...

Beverly Jean (Reed) Valencic passed away on May 10, 2024, in Athens, GA, at home. She will live on through the many people she taught, the many stories she told, and the meals she cooked. She was born ...

Henry Jackson Norman, "Jack," passed away on May 10, 2024, at the age of 83 in Arnoldsville, Georgia. Born on October 5, 1940, to the late Willie Ralph Norman and Xavier Dudley Norman, Jack was a ...