Tuesday night's Athens-Clarke County commission meeting is set to be a big one. WUGA's McClain Baxley helps break down the agenda.

The Athens-Clarke County Library’s Heritage Room serves as the headquarters of the Archives and Special Collections Department. The tucked-away space doesn’t get many visitors—but it may have a resident ghost.

Amber Newberry has never lived in Athens, but she has a pretty good idea of what Normaltown was like in the mid to late 1900s. That’s thanks to a suitcase full of poetry she inherited from her grandmother, Bernice Newberry, who lived in Athens.

Every Halloween, the Wild Rumpus parade floods downtown Athens with wacky costumes and spooky spirit. This year, the people behind the Wild Rumpus have launched a new initiative to make sure Athens kids have access to great costumes.

Athens-Clarke County officials have announced approximately $2.3 million in local and anticipated federal funding for community development and housing programs for fiscal year 2028.

Cornell University names Sally Yates, former acting U.S. attorney general and career federal prosecutor, to lead an independent review into how the school handled a former student's rape allegations.

More than a quarter of a million people rallied nationwide to support school students demanding more education funding, according to government figures, with thousands of arrests.

Hill co-starred in HBO's Somebody Somewhere and has hosted drag king shows and queer cabarets. "This is my mantra … if you don't see yourself represented, go out and represent yourself," he says.

Three-time National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat and debut novelist Morgan Thomas are up for the fiction prize. Nonfiction books cover the prison system and music, and queer parenthood.