Sunday, April 29, 2007
Civil rights group backs deputies
ATHENS, Ga. - A Georgia civil rights activist is preparing a campaign to restore deputies to their posts at the Clarke County Jail, claiming they were fired because of their religious beliefs.

Saturday, April 14, 2007
Mental test ordered for teen with bomb
JEFFERSON, Ga. - A juvenile court judge has ordered psychological testing for a Jackson County Comprehensive High School student who threatened to set off a bomb he had strapped to his body when he marched into school Wednesday morning.

Friday, April 13, 2007

School evacuates after teen arrives with bomb
JEFFERSON, Ga. - Nearly 1,700 students were evacuated from Jackson County Comprehensive High School after a 15-year-old arrived with a bomb and threatened to set it off, officials said.

Friday, March 30, 2007
UGA police say arrests for fake IDs won't deter others
ATHENS, Ga. - University of Georgia police may have cracked a fake ID ring, but high demand and lucrative profits means there are more just waiting to be discovered, UGA Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said Wednesday.

Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007
Man arrested in child exploitation
ATHENS, Ga. - An Athens journalist and academic was arrested on child exploitation charges this week after investigators found pornography on his computer, including an infant being sexually assaulted, according to arrest warrants.

Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Ex-deputy fights to regain job
ATHENS, Ga. - A former Clarke County sheriff's deputy spent hours Monday grilling former superiors, colleagues and others in a bid to win back his job after he was fired for practicing a black supremacist cult's beliefs at the jail.

Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007
Arrests remain high at UGA for alcohol, drugs
ATHENS, Ga. - A year after a University of Georgia freshman died in his dorm room of an overdose of alcohol and drugs, university students haven't changed their habits, according to UGA police.

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007
Athens gang targeted
ATHENS, Ga. - Athens-Clarke police are hoping to quash a newly identified street gang that they say was involved in a brutal weekend beating before the group grows and causes more serious problems.

Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006

Community outreach is paying off for police
Their duty is to protect and serve, so what does dressing up like Santa, waiting tables for tip money to buy toys and walking neighborhood streets have to do with being a good police officer?

Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006

Dog shot dead while on walk
Athens-Clarke County police said they think a hunter intentionally shot and killed a dog as it walked with its owner along a wooded trail in southeastern Clarke County.

Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006
Professor charged in UGA horse theft
ATHENS, Ga. - An internationally known University of Georgia professor was arrested Thursday on charges that he stole two horses in July from a UGA research farm in Oconee County.

Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006
2 lawyers are targets of robbers
Athens police are looking at similarities in holdup attempts - one successful, one not - of two prominent lawyers Wednesday and Thursday.

Wednesday, Aug 23, 2006
Athens arrests abound
ATHENS, Ga. - Young people packed downtown Athens for the first weekend of University of Georgia's fall semester, keeping both bartenders and jailers hopping.

Tuesday, Aug 15, 2006
Women hit, but suspect is freed
ATHENS, Ga. - Clarke County authorities have questioned, but not arrested, a suspect in an altercation at a McDonald's in which two women were hit by a Jeep in the parking lot.

Sunday, Aug 13, 2006
Court clerk retires after 30 years
ATHENS, Ga. - Mary Hamby had a center stage seat to real-life drama for three decades.

Monday, June 26, 2006
Attorney tries to negate grand jury
ATHENS, Ga. - Grand jurors want to hear from two Clarke County sheriff's deputies who belong to the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, a religious sect with black supremacist leanings.

Monday, June 19, 2006

Athens deputies linked to cult
ATHENS, Ga. - In March, Clarke County's chief jailer Brett Hart got a letter from a federal prison.

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Athens grad dies in Iraq
ATHENS, Ga. - A fondly remembered graduate of Clarke Central High School has become the latest area casualty of the war in Iraq.